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And it came to pass, when all the kings[H4428] of the Amorites[H567], which were on the side[H5676] of Jordan[H3383]westward[H3220], and all the kings[H4428] of the Canaanites[H3669], which were by the sea[H3220], heard[H8085] that the LORD[H3068] had dried up[H3001] the waters[H4325] of Jordan[H3383] from before[H6440] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], until we were passed over[H5674], that their heart[H3824]melted[H4549], neither was there spirit[H7307] in them any more, because[H6440] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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At that time[H6256] the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], Make[H6213] thee sharp[H6697]knives[H2719], and circumcise[H4135]again[H7725] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] the second time[H8145].
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And Joshua[H3091]made[H6213] him sharp[H6697]knives[H2719], and circumcised[H4135] the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] at the hill[H1389] of the foreskins[H6190].
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And this is the cause[H1697] why Joshua[H3091] did circumcise[H4135]: All the people[H5971] that came out[H3318] of Egypt[H4714], that were males[H2145], even all the men[H582] of war[H4421], died[H4191] in the wilderness[H4057] by the way[H1870], after they came out[H3318] of Egypt[H4714].
5Now[H3588] all the people[H5971] that came out[H3318] were circumcised[H4135]: but all the people[H5971] that were born[H3209] in the wilderness[H4057] by the way[H1870] as they came forth[H3318]out[H3318] of Egypt[H4714], them they had not circumcised[H4135].
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For the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]walked[H1980]forty[H705]years[H8141] in the wilderness[H4057], till all the people[H1471] that were men[H582] of war[H4421], which came out[H3318] of Egypt[H4714], were consumed[H8552], because they obeyed[H8085] not the voice[H6963] of the LORD[H3068]: unto whom the LORD[H3068]sware[H7650] that he would not shew[H7200] them the land[H776], which the LORD[H3068]sware[H7650] unto their fathers[H1] that he would give[H5414] us, a land[H776] that floweth[H2100] with milk[H2461] and honey[H1706].
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And their children[H1121], whom he raised up[H6965] in their stead, them Joshua[H3091]circumcised[H4135]: for they were uncircumcised[H6189], because they had not circumcised[H4135] them by the way[H1870].
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And it came to pass, when they had done[H8552]circumcising[H4135] all the people[H1471], that they abode[H3427] in their places in the camp[H4264], till they were whole[H2421].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], This day[H3117] have I rolled away[H1556] the reproach[H2781] of Egypt[H4714] from off you. Wherefore the name[H8034] of the place[H4725] is called[H7121]Gilgal[H1537] unto this day[H3117].
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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]encamped[H2583] in Gilgal[H1537], and kept[H6213] the passover[H6453] on the fourteenth[H702]day[H3117] of the month[H2320] at even[H6153] in the plains[H6160] of Jericho[H3405].
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And they did eat[H398] of the old corn[H5669] of the land[H776] on the morrow[H4283] after the passover[H6453], unleavened cakes[H4682], and parched[H7033]corn[H5669] in the selfsame[H6106]day[H3117].
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And the manna[H4478]ceased[H7673] on the morrow[H4283] after they had eaten[H398] of the old corn[H5669] of the land[H776]; neither had the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]manna[H4478] any more; but they did eat[H398] of the fruit[H8393] of the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667] that year[H8141].
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And it came to pass, when Joshua[H3091] was by Jericho[H3405], that he lifted up[H5375] his eyes[H5869] and looked[H7200], and, behold, there stood[H5975] a man[H376] over against him with his sword[H2719]drawn[H8025] in his hand[H3027]: and Joshua[H3091]went[H3212] unto him, and said[H559] unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?[H6862]
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And he said[H559], Nay; but as captain[H8269] of the host[H6635] of the LORD[H3068] am I now come[H935]. And Joshua[H3091]fell[H5307] on his face[H6440] to the earth[H776], and did worship[H7812], and said[H559] unto him, What saith[H1696] my lord[H113] unto his servant?[H5650]
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And the captain[H8269] of the LORD'S host[H6635]said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], Loose[H5394] thy shoe[H5275] from off thy foot[H7272]; for the place[H4725] whereon thou standest[H5975] is holy[H6944]. And Joshua[H3091]did[H6213] so.