1 When all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan Westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that Jehovah had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, their mind was fearful, neither was there spirit in them anymore, because of the children of Israel.
2 At that time Jehovah said to Joshua, Make you sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
3 And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
4 And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
5 Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.
6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the people that were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were completely destroyed, because they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: to whom Jehovah swore that he would not show them the land, which Jehovah swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey.
7 And their children, whom he raised up instead of them, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
8 When they had completed circumcising all the people, they abode in their places in the camp, until they were whole.
9 And Jehovah said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Therefore the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day.
10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.
11 And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the next day after the Passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day.
12 And the manna ceased on the next day after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna anymore; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, are you for us, or for our adversaries?
14 And he said, no; but as captain of the host of Jehovah am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the Earth, and did worship, and said to him, What says my lord to his servant?
15 And the captain of Jehovah's host said to Joshua, Loose your shoe from off your foot; for the place on which you stand is holy. And Joshua did so.