Now when all the Amorite kings vvv west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite - kings along the coast - heard how the LORD - had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites ... until they had crossed over , their hearts melted and their spirits failed ... - for fear of the Israelites ....
At that time the LORD said to Joshua - , “ Make flint knives and circumcise - the sons of Israel once again .... ”
So Joshua - made flint knives and circumcised - the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth ....
Now this is why - Joshua - circumcised them : All those who came out of Egypt — - all the men of war — had died on the journey in the wilderness after they had left Egypt.
Though all ... who had come out were circumcised , none ... of those born in the wilderness on the journey vvv from Egypt had been circumcised.
For the Israelites ... had wandered in the wilderness forty years , until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died , since they did not obey ... the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see - the land - He had sworn to their fathers to give a land flowing with milk and honey.
And Joshua - raised up their sons in their place , - and these were the ones he circumcised. (Until this time) they were ... still uncircumcised , since they had not been circumcised - along the way.
And after ... all the nation had been circumcised , they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.
Then the LORD said to Joshua - , “ Today I have rolled away - the reproach of Egypt from you. ” So that place has been called ... Gilgal to this day.
On the evening of the fourteenth ... day of the month , while the Israelites ... were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho , they kept - the Passover.
The day after the Passover , on that very day , ... they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.
And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land , the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites ... , so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.
Now when Joshua - was ... near Jericho , he looked up ... and saw ... a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua - approached Him and asked “ Are You or for our enemies ? ”
“ Neither , ” ... He replied. “ I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army. ” Then Joshua - fell facedown ... ... in reverence and asked “ What does my Lord have to say to His servant ? ”
The Commander of the LORD’s army replied - - , “ Take off your sandals - - , for the place where you are standing ... is holy .... ” And Joshua - did so.