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And it was, as all the kings of the Amorite who were across the Jordan toward the sea , and all the kings of the Canaanite who were by◦ the sea , heard that Jehovah had dried ··up the waters of the Jordan from before the sons of Israel , until we* had crossed··over; that their heart melted , and their spirit was not in them any··more on··account··of◦ the sons of Israel .
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At that◦ time Jehovah said to▵ Joshua , Make for thyself swords of rock*, and return to circumcise the sons of Israel a second time .
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And Joshua made for himself swords of rock , and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins .
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And this is the reason that Joshua did circumcise : all the people that came··out from Egypt , that were males, all the men◦ of war , died in the wilderness in the way , when they came··forth out··of Egypt .
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For all the people who came··out were circumcised ; but all the people born in the wilderness , in the way when they came··out from Egypt , had not been circumcised .
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For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness , until all the nation , the men◦ of war who went··out from Egypt , were entirely consumed, who obeyed not the voice of Jehovah ; to whom Jehovah promised that He would not▵ show them the land which Jehovah had promised to their fathers to give us , a land flowing with milk and honey .
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And their sons whom He raised··up in their stead, them did Joshua circumcise , for they were uncircumcised , because◦ they had not circumcised them in the way .
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And it was, when▵ they had finished circumcising all the nation , that they sat··down in their places* in the camp until they were revived.
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And Jehovah said to▵ Joshua , This day have I rolled··away the reproach of Egypt from upon you. And he called the name of that◦ place Gilgal , even··to this day .
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And the sons of Israel encamped in Gilgal , and they made the Passover on◦ the fourteenth day of ◦ the month in the evening in the desert of Jericho .
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And they ate from the crop of the land on the morrow of the Passover , unleavened bread and parched grain in this same day .
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And the manna ceased on the morrow, when they had eaten of the crop of the land ; and there was no◦ manna for the sons of Israel any··more, but they ate of the increase of the land of Canaan in that◦ year.
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And it was, when Joshua was at Jericho , that he lifted his eyes and saw , and behold, a Man ◦ standing in··front··of him, and His sword drawn▵ in His hand ; and Joshua went to▵ Him and said to Him, Art Thou◦ for us or for our adversaries ?
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And He said , No◦; for I◦, the Commander ◦ of the army of Jehovah , have now come . And Joshua fell on his face to▫ the earth and worshiped Him, and said to Him, What speaks my Lord to▵ His servant ?
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And the Commander ◦ of the army of Jehovah said to▵ Joshua , Shake··off◦ thy shoe from off thy foot , for the place on which thou◦ standest , it◦ is holy . And Joshua did so.