1. So the Lord dried up the Jordan River until the Israelites had crossed it. Now all the kings of the Amorites west of the Jordan heard about it. And the Canaanite kings living by the Mediterranean Sea heard about it. They were very scared. After that they were too afraid to face the Israelites.
2. At that time the Lord spoke to Joshua. He said, “Make knives from flint stones. Circumcise the Israelites again.”
3. So Joshua made knives from flint stones. Then he circumcised the Israelites at Gibeath Haaraloth.
4. This is why Joshua circumcised the men: After the Israelites left Egypt, all the men old enough to serve in the army died. They died in the desert on the way out of Egypt.