“Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Joshua 5 contains 15 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.