622 - Israel Reestablishes Covenant Ceremonies
Israel Reestablishes Covenant Ceremonies When all the Amorite kings, west of the Jordan …and all the Canaanite kings, who lived along the Mediterranean coast, heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan River, so the people of Israel could cross, they lost heart …and were paralyzed with fear, because of (God’s people). So, at ( the time of the Jordan River crossing), the Lord told Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise this second generation of Israelites.” So, Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the entire male population of Israel, at Gibeath-haaraloth. Joshua had to circumcise them, because all the men, who were old enough to fight in battle, when they left Egypt, had died in the wilderness. Those, who left Egypt, had all been circumcised, but none of those born after the Exodus, during the years in the wilderness, had been circumcised. I wonder why the circumcision of the male babies was not carried out on the eighth day after their b...