After crossing the Yarden, Hashem told Yehoshua to create knives from stone -חרבות צרים and use them to circumcise the Bnei Yisrael a second time. Yehoshua did so and the mass bris mila took place at Givat HaOrlot, or foreskin hill.
The Navi continues and explains why the bris mila was done now. Everyone who left Mitzrayim was circumcised, however they all died in the desert, as a punishment. The generation that was born in the desert, who were now entering Eretz Yisrael, did not have a bris mila yet. They needed a mila in order to participate in the Korban Pesach which was just a few days after they crossed the Yarden. They crossed the Yarden on the tenth of Nissan and performed the Mila on the eleventh, leaving 3 days for recovery before the Korban Pesach on the 14th.
After the circumcision of the whole nation was completed, they remained where they were, in the camp, until they recovered.
After the mila, Hashem told Yehoshua: “Today I have rolle…
