Joshua 5

1 All the kings of the people-groups to the west of the Jordan River and all the kings of the groups who were descendants of Canaan and who lived close to the [Mediterranean] Sea heard about how Yahweh had dried up the water of the Jordan [River] until all we Israeli people had crossed over. So they became very dismayed. They no longer were courageous enough to fight us.

and to be like/as to hear: hear all king [the] Amorite which in/on/with side: beyond [the] Jordan sea: west [to] and all king [the] Canaanite which upon [the] sea [obj] which to wither LORD [obj] water [the] Jordan from face: before son: descendant/people Israel till (to pass they *Q(K)*) and to melt heart their and not to be in/on/with them still spirit from face: because son: descendant/people Israel

2 While [they were camped at Gilgal], Yahweh said to Joshua, “[The Israeli males who lived in Egypt were circumcised before they left there. Now] make knives from flint stones and circumcise all the Israeli males [who have been born since then].”

in/on/with time [the] he/she/it to say LORD to(wards) Joshua to make to/for you sword rock and to return: again to circumcise [obj] son: descendant/people Israel second

3 So Joshua [made knives and] circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’.

and to make to/for him Joshua sword rock and to circumcise [obj] son: descendant/people Israel to(wards) Gibeath-(haaraloth) [the] (Gilgal)-haaraloth

4 [The reason they did that is that all the men who left Egypt], those who were old enough to be soldiers, died in the desert after they left Egypt.

and this [the] word: because which to circumcise Joshua all [the] people [the] to come out: come from Egypt [the] male all human [the] battle to die in/on/with wilderness in/on/with way: journey in/on/with to come out: come they from Egypt

5 They had been circumcised in Egypt, but the baby boys who had been born while their parents were camping in the desert after they left Egypt had not been circumcised.

for to circumcise to be all [the] people [the] to come out: come and all [the] people [the] born in/on/with wilderness in/on/with way: journey in/on/with to come out: come they from Egypt not to circumcise

6 Our Israeli ancestors traveled around in the desert for 40 years, and all the men who were old enough to be soldiers had died. [The women had also died]. They had not obeyed Yahweh, so Yahweh said that they would not arrive at the land that he had promised to our ancestors that he would give to us, a land that was very fertile [MTY].

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7 The sons of those who had disobeyed Yahweh were the ones whom Joshua circumcised at Gilgal. They were circumcised because they had not been circumcised [while they were traveling in the desert].

and [obj] son: child their to arise: raise underneath: instead them [obj] them to circumcise Joshua for uncircumcised to be for not to circumcise [obj] them in/on/with way: journey

8 After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed.

and to be like/as as which to finish all [the] nation to/for to circumcise and to dwell underneath: stand them in/on/with camp till to live they

9 Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “[Because your forefathers were slaves in Egypt], the Egyptians felt a revulsion toward you. But today I have removed the revulsion the Egyptians have had toward you.” Because of that, the people called the place ‘Gilgal’, [which sounds like the Hebrew word ‘removed’, ] and it still has that name.

and to say LORD to(wards) Joshua [the] day to roll [obj] reproach Egypt from upon you and to call: call by name [the] place [the] he/she/it Gilgal till [the] day: today [the] this

10 In the evening of the fourteenth day of that month, while the Israeli people were camped at Gilgal, on the plain near Jericho [city], they celebrated the Passover [Festival].

and to camp son: descendant/people Israel in/on/with Gilgal and to make: do [obj] [the] Passover in/on/with four ten day to/for month in/on/with evening in/on/with plain Jericho

11 The next day, they found some barley grain in the fields in that area. So they took that and roasted it and ate it with bread that was made without yeast.

and to eat from produce [the] land: country/planet from morrow [the] Passover unleavened bread and to roast in/on/with bone: same [the] day [the] this

12 The next day, [God] stopped [sending] manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan.

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13 One day when Joshua came near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him. The man was holding a sword in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you [going to fight] for us or against us?”

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14 The man replied, “I am not [planning to fight with you] or [against you]. Instead, I am the commander of Yahweh’s army [in heaven], and I have come [down from there to assure you that Yahweh will help you].” Then Joshua bowed down with his face on the ground (to show his respect for/to worship) the man, and said to him, “Tell me what [you want me to do].”

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15 The commander of Yahweh’s army replied, “Take off your sandals! [I am Yahweh, and] the ground on which you are standing is holy because I am here.” So Joshua took off his sandals.

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