Joshua 5:2

A New Generation is Circumcised

5:2 At that time the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again.” ¹ 

Joshua 22:12

22:12 When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them. ² 

¹ tn Heb “return, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” The Hebrew term שׁוּב (shuv, “return”) is used here in an adverbial sense to indicate the repetition of an action.

² tn Heb “to go up against them for battle.”