Yosua 5:2

A New Generation is Circumcised

5:2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.” ¹ 

Yosua 5:5

5:5 Now ²  all the men ³  who left were circumcised, but all the sons ⁴  born on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.

[5:2]  ¹ tn Heb “return, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” The Hebrew term שׁוּב (shuv, “return”) is used here in an adverbial sense to indicate the repetition of an action.

[5:5]  ² tn Or “indeed.”

[5:5]  ³ tn Heb “people.”

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the people.”