When all the kings of the Amorites and the kings of the Canaanites heard that the Lord had stayed the waters of Jordan before the children of Israel, their hearts melted with fear. The Israelites had slain two of the kings of Moab, and their miraculous passage over the swollen and impetuous Jordan filled the people with great terror. Joshua then circumcised all the people that had been born in the wilderness. After this ceremony they kept the Passover in the plains of Jericho. “And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you.” {4T 158.3}

Da amoritternes konger og kananæernes konge hørte at Herren havde standset Jordans vande for Israels børn, rørtes deres hjerter med frygt. Israelitterne havde dræbt to af Moabs konger og deres mirakuløse passage over det buldrende og voldsomme Jordan, fyldte folket med stor rædsel. Da omskar Josua al folket der var blevet født i ørkenen. Efter denne ceremoni holdt de påske på Jerikos sletter. »Men Herren sagde til Josua: »I dag har jeg bortvæltet ægypternes forsmædelse fra eder."