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{Joshua 5:2} At that x1931 time 6256 the LORD 3068 said 559 z8804 unto x413 Joshua, 3091 Make 6213 z8798 thee sharp y6697 x6864 knives, 2719 and circumcise 4135 z8798 again 7725 z8798 x853 the children 1121 of Israel 3478 the second x8145 time. y8145
sharp knives:
or, knives of flints, Before the use of iron was common, all the nations of the earth had their edge tools made of stones, flints, etc. Our ancestors had their arrows and spearheads made of flint; which are frequently turned up by the plough. And even when iron became more common, stone knives seem to have been preferred for making incisions in the human body. The Egyptians used such to open the bodies for embalming; and the tribe of Alnajab in Ethiopia, who follow the Mosaic institution, perform the rite of circumcision, according to Ludolf, cultris lapidibus, with knives made of stone.
circumcise:
"This¹ [is] my covenant,ª which¹ ye shall keep,ª° between¹ me and you and thy seedª after¹ thee;² Every¹ man childª among you shall be circumcised.ª° ... And the uncircumcisedª man childª whoseª¹ fleshª of his foreskinª is not¹ circumcised,ª° that¹ soulª shall be cut offª° from his people;ª¹ he hath brokenª°¹ my covenant.ª" {Gen 17:10-14} + "Circumciseª° therefore¹ the foreskinª of your heart,ª and be no¹ more¹ stiffnecked.ªª°" {Deu 10:16} + "And the LORDª thy Godª will circumciseª°¹ thine heart,ª and the heartª of thy seed,ª to loveª°¹ the LORDª thy Godª with all¹ thine heart,ª and with all¹ thy soul,ª that¹ thou mayest live.ª" {Deu 30:6} + "Butª he [is] a Jew,ª which is one inwardly;ªª andª circumcisionª [is that] of the heart,ª inª the spirit,ª [and] notª in the letter;ª whoseª praiseª [is] notª ofª men,ª butª ofª God.ª" {Rom 2:29} + "Andª he receivedª° the signª of circumcision,ª a sealª of the¹ righteousnessª of the¹ faithª whichª [he had yet] being² uncircumcised:² that²¹¹ heª might beª° the fatherª of allª them that believe,ª° though² they be not circumcised;ª¹ that² righteousnessª might be imputedª° unto themª also:ª" {Rom 4:11} + "Inª whomª alsoª ye are circumcisedª° with the circumcisionª made without hands,ª inª putting offª the¹ bodyª of the¹ sinsª of the¹ fleshª byª the¹ circumcisionª of Christ:ª" {Col 2:11}

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