Joshua 5:2-15

Joshua 5:2-15

[2] At that time  the LORD  said  unto Joshua,  Make  thee sharp  knives,  and circumcise  again  the children  of Israel  the second time.  [3] And Joshua  made  him sharp  knives,  and circumcised  the children  of Israel  at the hill  of the foreskins.  [4] And this is the cause  why Joshua  did circumcise:  All the people  that came out  of Egypt,  that were males,  even all the men  of war,  died  in the wilderness  by the way,  after they came out  of Egypt.  [5] Now  all the people  that came out  were circumcised:  but all the people  that were born  in the wilderness  by the way  as they came forth  out of Egypt,  them they had not circumcised.  [6] For the children  of Israel  walked  forty  years  in the wilderness,  till all the people  of war,  which came out  of Egypt,  were consumed,  because they obeyed  not the voice  of the LORD:  sware  that he would not shew  them the land,  which the LORD  sware  unto their fathers  that he would give  us, a land  that floweth  with milk  and honey.  [7] And their children,  whom he raised up  in their stead, them Joshua  circumcised:  for they were uncircumcised,  because they had not circumcised  them by the way.  [8] And it came to pass, when they had done  circumcising  all the people,  that they abode  in their places in the camp,  till they were whole.  [9] And the LORD  said  unto Joshua,  This day  have I rolled away  the reproach  of Egypt  from off you. Wherefore the name  of the place  is called  Gilgal  unto this day.  [10] And the children  of Israel  encamped  in Gilgal,  and kept  the passover  on the fourteenth  day  of the month  at even  in the plains  of Jericho.  [11] And they did eat  of the old corn  of the land  on the morrow  after the passover,  unleavened cakes,  and parched  corn in the selfsame  day.  [12] And the manna  ceased  on the morrow  after they had eaten  of the old corn  of the land;  neither had the children  of Israel  manna  any more; but they did eat  of the fruit  of the land  of Canaan  that year.  [13] And it came to pass, when Joshua  was by Jericho,  that he lifted up  his eyes  and looked,  and, behold, there stood  a man  over against him with his sword  drawn  in his hand:  and Joshua  unto him, and said  unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?  [14] And he said,  Nay; but as captain  of the host  of the LORD  am I now come.  And Joshua  fell  on his face  to the earth,  and did worship,  and said  unto him, What saith  unto his servant?  [15] And the captain  of the LORD'S  host  said  unto Joshua,  Loose  thy shoe  from off thy foot;  for the place  whereon thou standest  is holy.  And Joshua  did