Joshua 5 Free Bible Version
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1 When all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings of the Mediterranean coast heard how the Lord had dried up the waters of the River Jordan so that the Israelites could cross over, their courage melted and they no longer had any fighting spirit to face the Israelites.
1 Y CUANDO todos los reyes de los Amorrheos, que estaban de la otra parte del Jordán al occidente, y todos los reyes de los Cananeos, que estaban cerca de la mar, oyeron como Jehová había secado las aguas del Jordán delante de los hijos de Israel hasta que hubieron pasado, desfalleció su corazón, y no hubo más espíritu en ellos delante de los hijos de Israel.
2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the new generation of Israelites.”
2 En aquel tiempo Jehová dijo á Josué: Hazte cuchillos afilados, y vuelve á circuncidar la segunda vez á los hijos de Israel.
3 Joshua had flint knives made and all male Israelites were circumcised at the place that became known as “the hill of foreskins.”
3 Y Josué se hizo cuchillos afilados, y circuncidó á los hijos de Israel en el monte de los prepucios.
4 This is the reason why Joshua had them all circumcised: all those who left Egypt—the men of fighting age—had died on the journey through the wilderness after the Exodus.
4 Esta es la causa por la cual Josué [los] circuncidó: todo el pueblo que había salido de Egipto, los varones, todos los hombres de guerra, habían muerto en el desierto por el camino, después que salieron de Egipto.
5 They had all been circumcised when they left Egypt, but those born on the journey since then had not.
5 Porque todos los del pueblo que habían salido, estaban circuncidados: mas todo el pueblo que había nacido en el desierto por el camino, después que salieron de Egipto, no estaban circuncidados.
6 For forty years the Israelites traveled through the wilderness until all the men of fighting age when they left Egypt had died, because they had not done what the Lord had told them to do. So the Lord had vowed that he would not let them see the land he had promised their forefathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
6 Porque los hijos de Israel anduvieron por el desierto cuarenta años, hasta que toda la gente de los hombres de guerra que habían salido de Egipto, fué consumida, por cuanto no obedecieron á la voz de Jehová; por lo cual Jehová les juró que no les dejaría ver la tierra, de la cual Jehová había jurado á sus padres que nos la daría, tierra que fluye leche y miel.
7 The Lord replaced them with their children, and these were the ones that Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised since they hadn't been circumcised on the way.
7 Y los hijos de ellos, que él había hecho suceder en su lugar, Josué los circuncidó; pues eran incircuncisos, porque no habían sido circuncidados por el camino.
8 Once they had all been circumcised, they stayed in the camp until they recovered.
8 Y cuando hubieron acabado de circuncidar toda la gente, quedáronse en el mismo lugar en el campo, hasta que sanaron.
9 The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have removed from all of you the disgrace of Egypt.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
9 Y Jehová dijo á Josué: Hoy he quitado de vosotros el oprobio de Egipto: por lo cual el nombre de aquel lugar fué llamado Gilgal, hasta hoy.
10 The Israelites camped at Gilgal and celebrated Passover there on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month.
10 Y los hijos de Israel asentaron el campo en Gilgal, y celebraron la pascua á los catorce días del mes, por la tarde, en los llanos de Jericó.
11 From the very next day they began to eat produce from the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain.
11 Y al otro día de la pascua comieron del fruto de la tierra los panes sin levadura, y en el mismo día espigas nuevas tostadas.
12 On the same day when they began eating produce from the land there was no more manna. No longer did the Israelites have manna; after that they ate the produce of the land of Canaan.
12 Y el maná cesó el día siguiente, desde que comenzaron á comer del fruto de la tierra: y los hijos de Israel nunca más tuvieron maná, sino que comieron de los frutos de la tierra de Canaán aquel año.
13 One day 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 went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or against us?” “Neither,” said the man. “I am the commander of the Lord's army. Now I'm here!”
13 Y estando Josué cerca de Jericó, alzó sus ojos, y vió un varón que estaba delante de él, el cual tenía una espada desnuda en su mano. Y Josué yéndose hacia él, le dijo: ¿Eres de los nuestros, ó de nuestros enemigos?
14 Joshua fell down with his face to the ground in awe. Then he said, “What orders does my lord have for his servant?”
14 Y él respondió: No; mas Príncipe del ejército de Jehová, ahora he venido. Entonces Josué postrándose sobre su rostro en tierra le adoró; y díjole: ¿Qué dice mi Señor á su siervo?
15 The commander of the Lord's army told Joshua, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you're standing is holy ground.” Joshua did so.
15 Y el Príncipe del ejército de Jehová respondió á Josué: Quita tus zapatos de tus pies; porque el lugar donde estás es santo. Y Josué lo hizo así.
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- 1 Joshua 2:9–11; Numbers 13:29; 1 Kings 10:5; Ezekiel 16:3; Judges 11:23
- 2 Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 10:16; Exodus 4:25; Genesis 17:10–14; Romans 4:11
- 3 Matthew 16:24; Genesis 17:23–27
- 4 1 Corinthians 10:5; Deuteronomy 2:16; Numbers 26:64–65; Deuteronomy 2:14; Numbers 14:22
- 5 Matthew 12:7; Hosea 6:6–7; Romans 2:26; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Galatians 6:15
- 6 Numbers 14:23; Deuteronomy 2:14; Hebrews 3:11; Deuteronomy 1:3; Exodus 3:8
- 7 Numbers 14:31; Deuteronomy 1:39
- 8 Genesis 34:25
- 9 1 Samuel 17:26; Joshua 4:19; Genesis 34:14; Joshua 24:14; Leviticus 24:14
- 10 Exodus 12:6; Numbers 9:1–5; Ezekiel 12:3; Ezekiel 12:6–16
- 11 Leviticus 23:14; Leviticus 23:6; Exodus 12:18–20; Exodus 13:6–7
- 12 Exodus 16:35; Deuteronomy 6:10–11; Nehemiah 9:20–21; Proverbs 13:22; Revelation 7:16–17
- 13 Genesis 18:2; Numbers 22:23; Numbers 22:31; 1 Chronicles 21:16–17; 1 Chronicles 21:30
- 14 Isaiah 55:4; Genesis 17:3; Exodus 23:20–22; Revelation 19:10–14; Acts 10:25–26
- 15 Exodus 3:5; Acts 7:32–33; 2 Peter 1:18
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