Josua 5 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
1Da de amoritiske konger, der herskede vest for Jordanfloden, og de kana’anæiske konger langs Middelhavets kyst hørte, at Herren havde stoppet vandet i Jordanfloden, så israelitterne kunne gå over, blev de lammet af frygt og turde ikke kæmpe imod Israels folk.
Omskærelsen og påskefesten i Gilgal
2Herren sagde nu til Josva: „Lav nogle flinteknive og sørg for, at israelitterne bliver omskåret som før i tiden.”3Josva gjorde, som Herren havde sagt, og de mandlige israelitter blev omskåret ved et sted, som blev kaldt Givat-ha-Aralot.*4Alle de omskårne, våbenføre mænd, som i sin tid havde forladt Egypten, var døde undervejs, og de, som var blevet født under ørkenvandringen, var aldrig blevet omskåret.6Israelitterne havde jo opholdt sig i ørkenen i 40 år, indtil alle de våbenføre mænd var døde. Herren havde nemlig sagt, at på grund af deres ulydighed måtte de ikke få lov at se det land, han havde lovet deres forfædre—et land, som flyder med mælk og honning.7Det var deres sønner, der nu blev omskåret.8Efter omskærelsen hvilede mændene i lejren, indtil deres sår var lægt.9Herren sagde til Josva: „I dag har jeg fjernet skammen fra jeres slavetid i Egypten. Jeg har rullet den bort.” Derfor kaldte man stedet Gilgal,* og det kaldes det den dag i dag.10Mens de lå i lejren ved Gilgal på Jerikosletten, fejrede de påske om aftenen den fjortende dag i årets første måned.11Dagen efter spiste de af landets afgrøde: ristet korn og brød bagt uden surdej.12Fra den dag kom der ikke mere manna, men de spiste af Kana’ans afgrøder.
Jerikos fald
13En dag, mens Josva opholdt sig i nærheden af Jeriko, så han pludselig, at der stod en mand med draget sværd foran ham. Josva gik hen til ham og spurgte: „Hører du til hos os eller vores fjender?”14„Ingen af delene,” svarede manden. „Jeg er øverstkommanderende for Herrens hær!” Da faldt Josva på knæ og bøjede ansigtet mod jorden. „Til tjeneste, Herre!” udbrød han. „Hvad ønsker du, jeg skal gøre?”15Den øverstkommanderende over Herrens hær svarede: „Tag dine sko af, for du står på et helligt sted.” Og Josva gjorde, som han sagde.
English Standard Version
The New Generation Circumcised
1As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel.2At that time the Lord said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.”3So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth.*4And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt.5Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised.6For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord; the Lord swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.7So it was their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua circumcised. For they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way.8When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed.9And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called Gilgal* to this day.
First Passover in Canaan
10While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho.11And the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain.12And the manna ceased the day after they ate of the produce of the land. And there was no longer manna for the people of Israel, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
The Commander of the Lord’s Army
13When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?”14And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped* and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?”15And the commander of the Lord’s army said to Joshua, “Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.
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