1 E sucedeu que, quando todos os reis dos amorreus, que estavam no lado oeste do Jordão, e todos os reis dos cananeus, que estavam perto do mar, ouviram que o SENHOR havia secado as águas do Jordão diante dos filhos de Israel, até que tivessem atravessado, o seu coração derreteu, tampouco restou neles espírito, por causa dos filhos de Israel.2 Naqueles dias o SENHOR disse a Josué: Faz para ti facas afiadas e circuncida novamente os filhos de Israel pela segunda vez.3 E Josué fez para si facas afiadas, e circuncidou os filhos de Israel no outeiro dos prepúcios.4 E esta é a causa pela qual Josué circuncidou: todo o povo que veio do Egito, os que eram machos, todos os homens de guerra, morreram no deserto pelo caminho, depois de saírem do Egito.5 Assim, todo o povo que saiu era circuncidado, mas todo o povo que nasceu no deserto, pelo caminho, enquanto eles saíam do Egito, eles não haviam circuncidado.6 Porque os filhos de Israel caminharam quarenta anos no deserto, até que todas as pessoas, que eram homens de guerra, que saíram do Egito, foram consumidas, porque elas não obedeceram a voz do SENHOR, aos quais o SENHOR jurou que não lhes mostraria a terra, a que o SENHOR jurou aos seus pais que nos daria: uma terra da qual flui leite e mel.7 E os seus filhos, os quais ele levantou em seu lugar, a estes Josué circuncidou, pois eram incircuncisos, porque não os haviam circuncidado ao longo do caminho.8 E sucedeu que, quando eles terminaram de circuncidar todo o povo, eles permaneceram nos seus lugares no acampamento, até ficarem curados.9 E o SENHOR disse a Josué: Neste dia eu revolvi de sobre vós a reprovação do Egito. Portanto, o nome do lugar é chamado Gilgal até este dia.10 E os filhos de Israel acamparam em Gilgal, e celebraram a páscoa no décimo quarto dia do mês, ao entardecer, nas planícies de Jericó.11 E eles comeram do velho grão da terra, na manhã seguinte à páscoa, pães ázimos e semente tostada nesse mesmo dia.12 E cessou o maná na manhã após eles terem comido do velho grão da terra; os filhos de Israel também não tiveram mais o maná; mas naquele ano eles comeram do fruto da terra de Canaã.13 E sucedeu que, quando Josué estava próximo de Jericó, levantou ele os olhos e olhou, e eis que havia lá um homem que se lhe opunha com a sua espada desembainhada em sua mão; e Josué foi até ele e lhe disse: És tu por nós, ou pelos nossos adversários?14 E ele disse: Não, mas venho agora como capitão do exército do SENHOR. E Josué caiu com a sua face em terra, e o adorou, e disse-lhe: O que diz o meu senhor ao seu servo?15 E o capitão do exército do SENHOR disse a Josué: Desata o teu calçado do teu pé; pois o lugar sobre o qual tu estás é santo. E Josué assim o fez.

1 So 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 Jehovah had dried up the waters of the Jordan 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.2 At that time Jehovah said to Joshua, Make flint knives for yourself, and circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time.3 And Joshua made flint knives for himself, and circumcised the sons of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.4 And 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.5 For 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.6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who had come out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of Jehovah; to whom Jehovah swore that He would not show them the land which Jehovah had sworn to their fathers that He would give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.7 And Joshua circumcised their sons whom He raised up in their place; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.8 So it was, when they had finished circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp to be healed.9 And Jehovah 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.10 And the children of Israel camped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening on the wilderness plains of Jericho.11 And they ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and roasted grain, on the very same day.12 And 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 fruit of the land of Canaan that year.13 And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up 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?14 And He said, No, but as Commander of the army of Jehovah I have now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and prostrated himself, and said to Him, What does my Lord speak to His servant?15 And the Commander of the army of Jehovah said to Joshua, Take your sandal off your foot, for the place where you are standing is holy. And Joshua did so.