¹ 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.

² At that^◦ time Jehovah said to^▵ Joshua, Make for thyself swords of rock^*, and return to circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.

³ And Joshua made for himself swords of rock, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

⁴ 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.

⁵ 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.

⁶ 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.

⁷ 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.

⁸ 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.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ And they ate from the crop of the land on the morrow of the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain in this same day.

¹² 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.

¹³ 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?

¹⁴ 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?

¹⁵ 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.