1 When all the kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites that were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their heart melted, and there was no longer any spirit in them, because of the people of Israel.

2 At that time the LORD said to Joshua, "Make flint knives and circumcise the people of Israel again the second time."

3 So Joshua made flint knives, and circumcised the people of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.

4 And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt.

5 Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people that were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised.

6 For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, the men of war that came forth out of Egypt, perished, because they did not hearken to the voice of the LORD; to them the LORD swore that he would not let them see the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

7 So it was their children, whom he raised up in their stead, that Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.

8 When the circumcising of all the nation was done, they remained in their places in the camp till they were healed.

9 And the LORD said to Joshua, "This day I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.

10 While the people of Israel were encamped in Gilgal they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho.

11 And on the morrow after the passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain.

12 And the manna ceased on the morrow, when they ate of the produce of the land; and the people of Israel had manna no more, but ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.

13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood before him with his drawn sword 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 commander of the army of the LORD I have now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and worshiped, and said to him, "What does my lord bid his servant?"

15 And the commander of the LORD's army said to Joshua, "Put off your shoes from your feet; for the place where you stand is holy." And Joshua did so.

1 E sucedeu que, ouvindo todos os reis dos amorreus, que habitavam deste lado do Jordão, ao ocidente, e todos os reis dos cananeus, que estavam ao pé do mar, que o SENHOR tinha secado as águas do Jordão, de diante dos filhos de Israel, até que passassem, desfaleceu-se-lhes o coração, e não houve mais ânimo neles, por causa dos filhos de Israel.

2 Naquele tempo disse o Senhor a Josué: Faze facas de pedra, e torna a circuncidar segunda vez aos filhos de Israel.

3 Então Josué fez para si facas de pedra, e circuncidou aos filhos de Israel no monte dos prepúcios.

4 E foi esta a causa por que Josué os circuncidou: todo o povo que tinha saído do Egito, os homens, todos os homens de guerra, já haviam morrido no deserto, pelo caminho, depois que saíram do Egito.

5 Porque todos os do povo que saíram estavam circuncidados, mas a nenhum dos que nasceram no deserto, pelo caminho, depois de terem saído do Egito, haviam circuncidado.

6 Porque quarenta anos andaram os filhos de Israel pelo deserto, até se acabar toda a nação, os homens de guerra, que saíram do Egito, e não obedeceram à voz do Senhor; aos quais o Senhor tinha jurado que lhes não havia de deixar ver a terra que o Senhor jurara a seus pais dar-nos; terra que mana leite e mel.

7 Porém em seu lugar pôs a seus filhos; a estes Josué circuncidou, porquanto estavam incircuncisos, porque os não circuncidaram no caminho.

8 E aconteceu que, acabando de circuncidar a toda a nação, ficaram no seu lugar no arraial, até que sararam.

9 Disse mais o Senhor a Josué: Hoje retirei de sobre vós o opróbrio do Egito; por isso o nome daquele lugar se chamou Gilgal, até ao dia de hoje.

10 Estando, pois, os filhos de Israel acampados em Gilgal, celebraram a páscoa no dia catorze do mês, à tarde, nas campinas de Jericó.

11 E, ao outro dia depois da páscoa, nesse mesmo dia, comeram, do fruto da terra, pães ázimos e espigas tostadas.

12 E cessou o maná no dia seguinte, depois que comeram do fruto da terra, e os filhos de Israel não tiveram mais maná; porém, no mesmo ano comeram dos frutos da terra de Canaã.

13 E sucedeu que, estando Josué perto de Jericó, levantou os seus olhos e olhou; e eis que se pôs em pé diante dele um homem que tinha na mão uma espada nua; e chegou-se Josué a ele, e disse-lhe: És tu dos nossos, ou dos nossos inimigos?

14 E disse ele: Não, mas venho agora como príncipe do exército do SENHOR. Então Josué se prostrou com o seu rosto em terra e o adorou, e disse-lhe: Que diz meu senhor ao seu servo?

15 Então disse o príncipe do exército do Senhor a Josué: Descalça os sapatos de teus pés, porque o lugar em que estás é santo. E fez Josué assim.