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 6:14

6:14 They marched around the city one time on the second day, then returned to the camp. They did this six days in all.

Joshua 19:1

Simeon’s Tribal Lands

19:1 The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans. ² 

Joshua 10:32

10:32 The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they ³  captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah.

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 “and the second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the sons of Simeon by their clans.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).