Joshua 5:9

Then said the Lord to Joshua, “And now I have rolled off you the scorn of the Egyptians.” Hence the name of the spot was called Gilgal, and is so called to this day.

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In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.

In Context

8After the circumcising was over, the whole nation remained where they were in the camp until they had recovered.

10When the Israelites were in camp at Gilgal they kept the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, on the plains of Jericho.

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Cross References

Joshua 24:14So revere the Lord and serve him honestly and loyally, put away the gods your ancestors served on the east of the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the Lord yourselves.

Psalms 119:39Remove the reproach which I dread, because your judgments are good.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 5:2-10

The Circumcision of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. 2 At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again… Read the whole commentary →

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