Yosua 5:3-5

5:3 So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins. ¹  5:4 This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt. ²  5:5 Now ³  all the men ⁴  who left were circumcised, but all the sons ⁵  born on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt were uncircumcised.

[5:3]  ¹ tn Or “Gibeath Haaraloth.” This name means “Hill of the Foreskins.” Many modern translations simply give the Hebrew name, although an explanatory note giving the meaning of the name is often included.

[5:3]  sn The name given to the place, Hill of the Foreskins was an obvious reminder of this important event.

[5:4]  ² tn Heb “All the people who went out from Egypt, the males, all the men of war, died in the desert in the way when they went out from Egypt.”

[5:5]  ³ tn Or “indeed.”

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “people.”

[5:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the people.”