Joshua 5:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

said. See note on Joshua 3:7.

again. the second time. Not repeated as an act on the person, but on the nation on. second occasion (compare for this usage Isaiah 11:11 and Jude 1:5, implying that the rite was performed in Egypt. See verses: Joshua 5:4-7.

Joshua 5:2

2 At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharpa knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.