Joshua 5:1-3

Good News Translation

5 All the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the Mediterranean Sea heard that the Lord had dried up the Jordan until the people of Israel had crossed it. They became afraid and lost their courage because of the Israelites.

The Circumcision at Gilgal

² Then the Lord told Joshua, “Make some knives out of flint and circumcise the Israelites.” ³ So Joshua did as the Lord had commanded, and he circumcised the Israelites at a place called Circumcision Hill.