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 1约旦河西亚摩利人的众王和靠海迦南人的众王，听见耶和华在以色列人前面使约旦河的水干了，直到他们过了河⚓，众王因以色列人的缘故都胆战心惊，勇气全失。

在吉甲行割礼

 2那时，耶和华对约书亚说：“你要造火石刀，第二次为以色列人行割礼。” 3约书亚就造了火石刀，在哈尔拉勒山⚓为以色列人行割礼。 4约书亚行割礼的原因是这样：从埃及出来的众百姓，所有能打仗的男丁，出了埃及以后，都死在旷野的路上。 5这些从埃及出来的众百姓都受过割礼；但是那些出埃及以后，在旷野的路上所生的众百姓却没有受过割礼。 6以色列人在旷野走了四十年，直到那从埃及出来，全国能打仗的人都消灭了，因为他们没有听从耶和华的话。耶和华曾向他们起誓，必不容许他们看见耶和华向他们列祖起誓要给我们的地，就是流奶与蜜之地。 7他们的子孙，就是耶和华兴起接续他们的，都没有受过割礼；因为在路上他们没有受割礼，约书亚就为他们行割礼。
  8全国的人都受了割礼，留在营中自己的地方，直到痊愈。 9耶和华对约书亚说：“我今日将埃及的羞辱从你们身上除掉了。”因此，那地方名叫吉甲⚓，直到今日。

在吉甲守逾越节

 10以色列人在吉甲安营。正月十四日晚上，他们在耶利哥的平原守逾越节。 11逾越节的第二日，他们吃了当地的出产，就在那一天，吃了无酵饼和烘过的谷物。 12他们吃了当地出产的第二日，吗哪就停止了。以色列人不再有吗哪了。那一年，他们就吃迦南地的出产。

耶和华军队的元帅

 13约书亚靠近耶利哥的时候，举目观看，看哪，有一个人站在他对面，手里拿着拔出来的刀。约书亚到他那里，对他说：“你是属我们的，还是属我们敌人的呢？” 14他说：“不，我现在来是要作耶和华军队的元帅。”约书亚就脸伏于地下拜，说：“我主有什么话，请吩咐仆人吧！” 15耶和华军队的元帅对约书亚说：“把你脚上的鞋脱下来，因为你所站的地方是圣的。”约书亚就照着做了。

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The Second Generation Circumcised

 1So it was, when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites ⚓who were by the sea, ⚓heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel until we had crossed over, that their heart melted; ⚓and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the children of Israel.
  2At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make ⚓flint knives for yourself, and circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time.” 3So Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 4And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: ⚓All the people who came out of Egypt who were 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 had been circumcised, but all the people born in the wilderness, on the way as they came out of Egypt, had not been circumcised. 6For the children of Israel walked ⚓forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord—to whom the Lord swore that ⚓He would not show them the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, ⚓“a land flowing with milk and honey.” 7Then Joshua circumcised ⚓their sons whom He raised up in their place; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.
  8So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp ⚓till they were healed. 9Then the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I have rolled away ⚓the reproach of Egypt from you.” Therefore the name of the place is called ⚓Gilgal to this day.
  10Now the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover ⚓on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho. 11And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and parched grain, on the very same day. 12Then ⚓the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten the produce of the land; and the children of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate the food of the land of Canaan that year.

The Commander of the Army of the Lord

 13And it came to pass, when Joshua was 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 adversaries?”
  14So He said, “No, but as Commander of the army of the Lord I 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?”
  15Then the Commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, ⚓“Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you stand is holy.” And Joshua did so.