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So the Lord dried up the Jordan River until the Israelites finished crossing it. The kings of the Amorites living west of the Jordan River and the Canaanites living by the Mediterranean Sea heard about this and became very frightened. After that they were not brave enough to stand and fight against the Israelites.

The Israelites Are Circumcised

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make knives from flint rocks and circumcise the men of Israel.”

So Joshua made knives from flint rocks and circumcised the men of Israel at Gibeath Haaraloth.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:3 Gibeath Haaraloth This name means “Circumcision Hill.”

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