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

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}.

It was at that time that ADONAI said to Y'hoshua, "Make yourself knives of flint, and circumcise the people of Isra'el again, a second time.

At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”

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

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 10:16 (4 votes)

    Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.

  • Deuteronomy 30:6 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 17:10 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Genesis 17:14 (3 votes)

    And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

  • Exodus 4:25 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Romans 4:11 (2 votes)

    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 circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:

  • Colossians 2:11 (2 votes)

    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: