Joshua 5:3
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He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the children of Israel in the hill of the foreskins.

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Genesis 17:23-27 And Abraham took Ismael his son, and all that were born in his house: and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house: and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin forthwith the very same day, as God had commanded him. . . .

Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

the hill of the foreskins.

Context
The Circumcision at Gilgal
2At that time the Lord said to Joshua: Make thee knives of stone, and circumcise the second time the children of Israel. 3He did what the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the children of Israel in the hill of the foreskins.4Now this is the cause of the second circumcision: All the people that came out of Egypt that were males, all the men fit for war, died in the desert, during the time of the long going about in the way:…
Cross References
Exodus 4:25
Immediately Sephora took a very sharp stone, and circumcised the foreskin of her son, and touched his feet, and said: A bloody spouse art thou to me.

Joshua 5:2
At that time the Lord said to Joshua: Make thee knives of stone, and circumcise the second time the children of Israel.

Joshua 5:4
Now this is the cause of the second circumcision: All the people that came out of Egypt that were males, all the men fit for war, died in the desert, during the time of the long going about in the way:

Lexicon
So Joshua
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites

made
וַיַּעַשׂ־ (way·ya·‘aś-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

flint
צֻרִ֑ים (ṣu·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge

knives
חַֽרְב֣וֹת (ḥar·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

and circumcised
וַיָּ֙מָל֙ (way·yā·māl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4135: To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy

the sons
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

at
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Gibeath-haaraloth.
גִּבְעַ֖ת (giḇ·‘aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1389: A hillock


Additional Translations
So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.

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

And Joshua made sharp knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called the ôHill of Foreskins.ö

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

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

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

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

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