Joshua 5:2

“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 the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time." - Joshua 5:2
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What does Joshua 5:2 mean?

The Bible verse Joshua 5:2 from the King James Version (KJV) reads, "At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time." This verse comes at a pivotal moment in the Book of Joshua, as the Israelites are…

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The Cutting Covenant: A Call to Renewal

**Scripture Reference: Joshua 5:2** At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. In the heart of the Old Testament narrative, we find Joshua poised at the threshold of a monumental shift in Israel's…

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A Prayer of Renewal and Commitment

Dear Heavenly Father, In the sacred stillness of this moment, I come before You with a heart full of gratitude and reverence. I see in the instructions given to Joshua, as recorded in Joshua 5:2, the importance of renewal and commitment to You. "At that time the LORD said unto…

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Joshua 5:2 - "¶ At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time."
Joshua 5:3 - "And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins."
Joshua 5:13
Joshua 3:5 - "And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you."
Joshua 5:15 - "And the captain of the LORD'S host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so."
Joshua 2:5 - "And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them."
Joshua 5:7 - "And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way."
Joshua 19:5 - "And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,"
Joshua 9:2 - "That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord."
Joshua 5:9 - "And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day."
"And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins." - Joshua 5:3
Joshua 5:13 - "¶ And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?"
Joshua 14:5 - "As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land."
Joshua 5:4 - "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."
Joshua 2:9
Joshua 5:5 - "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."
"And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you." - Joshua 3:5
Joshua 5:14 - "And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant?"
Joshua 6:2 - "And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour."
Joshua 23:2 - "And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:"
"And Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah," - Joshua 19:5
Joshua 5:10 - "¶ And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho."
Joshua 4:5 - "And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:"
Joshua 17:5 - "And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;"
Joshua 5:13 (KJVA) 13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Joshua 2:24 - "And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us."
Joshua 2:23 - "So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:"
"That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord." - Joshua 9:2
Joshua 5:8 - "And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole."