Gilgal
gil'-gal (gilgal, "circle"; Galgala): The article is always
with the name except in Josh 5:9. There are three places to
which the name is attached:
(1) The first camp of Israel after crossing the Jordan (Josh
4:19; 5:9,10; 9:6; 10:7; 14:6; 15:7; Dt 11:30). According to
Josh 15:7 it lay to the North of the valley of Achor, which
formed the bord...
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1. Place of the first encampment of the Israelites west of
the
Jordan River
Jos 4:19; 9:6; 10:6,43; 14:6
Monument erected in, to commemorate the passage across
the
Jordan River by the people of Israel
Jos 4:19-24
Circumcision renewed at
Jos 5:2-9
Passover kept at
Jos 5:10,11
Manna ceased at, after the Passover
Jos 5:12
Quarries at
Ju...
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(a wheel; rolling).
1. The site of the first camp of the Israelites on
the west of the Jordan, the place at which they passed the
first night after crossing the river, and where the twelve
stones were set up which had been taken from the bed of the
stream, Jos 4:19,20 comp. Josh 4:3
where also they kept the first passover in the land
of Cana...
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rolling. (1.) From the solemn transaction of the reading of
the
law in the valley of Shechem between Ebal and
Gerizim the
Israelites moved forward to Gilgal, and there made a
permanent
camp (Josh. 9:6; 10:6). It was "beside the oaks of
Moreh," near
which Abraham erected his first altar (Gen. 12:6,
7). This was
one of the three towns to wh...
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1. Hebrew: "the Gilgal," i.e. rolling. Israel's first
encampment W. of Jordan (five miles) where they passed their
first night after crossing, and set up the twelve stones
taken from the river bed (Joshua 4:3; Joshua 4:19-20). Here
they kept the first Passoverin Canaan (Joshua 5:10). On
arising ground ("hill," Joshua 5:3; Joshua 5:9) in the ho...
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And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I
will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, [and] to
sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou
tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do....
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So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to
Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over
Jordan....
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And all Israel heard say [that] Saul had smitten a garrison of
the Philistines, and [that] Israel also was had in abomination
with the Philistines. And the people were called together
after Saul to Gilgal....
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And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so
shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed
Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal....
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