The Circumcision and Passover at Gilgal

1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorite who were on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanite who were along the sea,† heard that YHWH had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the face of the sons of Israel until they passed over,† that their heart melted, and there was no longer a spirit in them, because of the face of the sons of Israel.

2At that time said YHWH to Joshua, “Make for yourself flint knives, and turn back and circumcise the sons of Israel the second time.” 3And Joshua made for himself flint knives, and he circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.†

4And this is the reason that Joshua circumcised them: All the people who came out of Egypt, males, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt. 5For all the people who came out were circumcised, and all the people born in the wilderness on the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised.

6For forty years the sons of Israel walked in the wilderness, until all the people of the men of war who came out of Egypt were consumed because they did not obey the voice of YHWH, whom YHWH swore to them that He would not show the land that YHWH had sworn to their fathers that He would give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. 7And their sons, raised up in their place, Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.

8And it came to pass, when they had finished circumcising all the nation, that they stayed in their places in the camp until they were healed.

9And YHWH said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you⁺.” And the name of that place is called Gilgal† to this day.

10And the sons of Israel camped in Gilgal and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho. 11And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and roasted grain, on this same day.

12And the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, and the sons of Israel had no more manna, and they ate the food of the land of Canaan in that year.

The Commander of Yahweh’s Army

13And it came to pass, in Joshua being by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand, and Joshua went to Him and said to Him, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”

14And He said, “Neither, for I, Commander of the army of YHWH, have now come.”

And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped,† and said to Him, “What does my Lord say to His servant?”

15And the Commander of the army of YHWH said to Joshua, “Take your sandal off your foot, for the place on which you are standing is holy.”

And Joshua did so.