Joshua 5:2–9

²At that time the Lord spoke to Joshua, “Make flint knives, and circumcise the men of Israel.” ³So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the men of Israel at the Hill of Circumcision.^a

⁴This is the reason Joshua circumcised them: All the soldiers had died on the way through the desert after they left Egypt. ⁵The men who left Egypt had been circumcised. However, the men born later, on the way through the desert, were not circumcised. ⁶For 40 years the Israelites wandered through the desert until all their soldiers who left Egypt died. They died because they disobeyed the Lord. The Lord swore that he would not let them see this land flowing with milk and honey which he had sworn to give our ancestors. 

⁷The sons who took their place had not been circumcised on the way. So Joshua circumcised them. ⁸When all the men had been circumcised, they remained in the camp until they recovered. 

⁹The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have removed the disgrace of Egypt from you.” So Joshua named the place Gilgal,^bthe name it still has today.