Joshua 5:3 meaning and explanation
So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.
Joshua 5:3, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
Joshua obeys the command just given in verse 2, making flint knives and circumcising the men of Israel at a place he names Gibeath-haaraloth, which means the hill of foreskins. The setting matters: the generation that left Egypt had died in the wilderness, and those born on the journey had never been circumcised.
Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.