Joshua 5:2
Joshua · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.”Joshua 5:2
What Does Joshua 5:2 Mean?
Joshua 5:2 is found in the book of Joshua, chapter 5, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 11 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (11)
These passages are connected to Joshua 5:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Exodus 4:25“Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.”Deuteronomy 10:16“Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.”Deuteronomy 30:6“And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.”Genesis 17:10“This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.”Romans 4:11“And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:”Colossians 2:11“In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:”Romans 2:29“But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.”Genesis 34:14“And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:”Hosea 9:15“All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.”Genesis 17:14“And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.”Genesis 17:23“And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.”
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