Joshua 5:3

In 11 translations

BSB

So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.Gibeath-haaraloth means the hill of the foreskins.

KJV

And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.sharp…: or, knives of flintsthe hill…: or, Gibeah-haaraloth

WEB

Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

ASV

And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

LSV

and Joshua makes knives of flint for himself, and circumcises the sons of Israel at the height of the foreskins.

YLT

and Joshua maketh for him knives of flint, and circumciseth the sons of Israel at the height of the foreskins.

DBY

And Joshua made him stone-knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of Araloth.

DRC

He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the children of Israel in the hill of the foreskins.

GNV

Then Ioshua made him sharpe kniues and circumcised the sonnes of Israel in the hill of the foreskinnes.

JPS

And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-ha-araloth.

LXXE

And Joshua made sharp knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called the “Hill of Foreskins.”

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WLC

וַיַּעַשׂ־ל֥וֹ יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ חַֽרְב֣וֹת צֻרִ֑ים וַיָּ֨מָל֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־גִּבְעַ֖ת הָעֲרָלֽוֹת׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐποίησεν Ἰησοῦς μαχαίρας πετρίνας ἀκροτόμους, καὶ περιέτεμε τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τοῦ καλουμένου τόπου, Βουνὸς τῶν ἀκροβυστιῶν.

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• Genesis 17:23–27On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him. So…
• Matthew 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

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