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Joshua 5:2

At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

KJV

Eo tempore ait Dominus ad Josue : Fac tibi cultros lapideos, et circumcide secundo filios Israël.

Vulgate

Ὑπὸ δὲ τοῦτον τὸν καιρὸν εἶπεν Κύριος τῷ Ἰησοῖ Ποίησον σεαυτῷ μαχαίρας πετρίνας ἐκ πέτρας ἀκροτόμου, καὶ καθίσας περίτεμε τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ.

LXX

At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

ASV

בָּ/עֵ֣ת הַ/הִ֗יא אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ עֲשֵׂ֥ה לְ/ךָ֖ חַֽרְב֣וֹת צֻרִ֑ים וְ/שׁ֛וּב מֹ֥ל אֶת בְּנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שֵׁנִֽית

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ
yhvsh'
proper_noun · 218×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 36×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×
צ֥וּר
tsvr
noun · 75×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שֵּׁנִ֔י
shny
noun · 157×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

The Circumcision was given to Abraham before the law, after the blessings, after the promise, as a sign separating him and his offspring and his household from the Gentiles with whom he lived. Genesis 17:10 And this is evident , for when the Israelites passed forty years alone by themselves in the desert, having no intercourse with any other race, all that were born in the dese…

Cross-references

  • Col 2:11 — In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
  • Deut 10:16 — Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
  • Deut 30:6 — And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
  • Exod 4:25 — Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
  • Exod 4:25 — Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
  • Gen 17:10 — This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
  • Gen 17:10 — This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
  • Rom 2:29 — But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
  • Rom 4:11 — And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circum