Joshua · Young's Literal Translation
Joshua 5 Young's Literal Translation
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1 And it cometh to pass when all the kings of the Amorite which [are] beyond the Jordan, towards the sea, and all the kings of the Canaanite which [are] by the sea, hear how that Jehovah hath dried up the waters of the Jordan at the presence of the sons of Israel till their passing over, that their heart is melted, and there hath not been in them any more spirit because of the presence of the sons of Israel.
1 When all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard how Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel until we had crossed over, their heart melted, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.
2 At that time said Jehovah unto Joshua, 'Make for thee knives of flint, and turn back, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time;'
2 At that time, Yahweh said to Joshua, “Make flint knives, and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time.”
3 and Joshua maketh for him knives of flint, and circumciseth the sons of Israel at the height of the foreskins.
3 Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
4 And this [is] the thing [for] which Joshua circumciseth [them]: all the people who are coming out of Egypt, who are males, all the men of war have died in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out of Egypt,
4 This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way, after they came out of Egypt.
5 for all the people who are coming out were circumcised, and all the people who [are] born in the wilderness, in the way, in their coming out from Egypt, they have not circumcised;
5 For all the people who came out were circumcised; but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.
6 for forty years have the sons of Israel gone in the wilderness, till all the nation of the men of war who are coming out of Egypt, who hearkened not to the voice of Jehovah, to whom Jehovah hath sworn not to show them the land which Jehovah sware to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey, are consumed;
6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice. Yahweh swore to them that he wouldn’t let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
7 and their sons He raised up in their stead, them hath Joshua circumcised, for they have been uncircumcised, for they have not circumcised them in the way.
7 Their children, whom he raised up in their place, were circumcised by Joshua, for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them on the way.
8 And it cometh to pass when all the nation have completed to be circumcised, that they abide in their places in the camp till their recovering;
8 When they were done circumcising the whole nation, they stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed.
9 and Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'To-day I have rolled the reproach of Egypt from off you;' and [one] calleth the name of that place Gilgal unto this day.
9 Yahweh said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal to this day.
10 And the sons of Israel encamp in Gilgal, and make the passover on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the plains of Jericho;
10 The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal. They kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.
11 and they eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow of the passover, unleavened things and roasted [corn], in this self-same day;
11 They ate unleavened cakes and parched grain of the produce of the land on the next day after the Passover, in the same day.
12 and the manna doth cease on the morrow in their eating of the old corn of the land, and there hath been no more manna to the sons of Israel, and they eat of the increase of the land of Canaan in that year.
12 The manna ceased on the next day, after they had eaten of the produce of the land. The children of Israel didn’t have manna any more, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
13 And it cometh to pass in Joshua's being by Jericho, that he lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, one standing over-against him, and his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua goeth unto him, and saith to him, 'Art thou for us or for our adversaries?'
13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our enemies?”
14 And He saith, 'No, for I [am] Prince of Jehovah's host; now I have come;' and Joshua falleth on his face to the earth, and doth obeisance, and saith to Him, 'What is my Lord speaking unto His servant?'
14 He said, “No; but I have come now as commander of Yahweh’s army.” Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and asked him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”
15 And the Prince of Jehovah's host saith unto Joshua, 'Cast off thy shoe from off thy foot, for the place on which thou art standing is holy;' and Joshua doth so;
15 The prince of Yahweh’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals, for the place on which you stand is holy.” Joshua did so.
Cross references (15)
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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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