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Everyone who had been circumcised needed time to heal, and they stayed in camp.

The Lord told Joshua, “It was a disgrace for my people to be slaves in Egypt, but now I have taken away that disgrace.” So the Israelites named the place Gilgal,[a] and it still has that name.

10 (A) Israel continued to camp at Gilgal in the desert near Jericho, and on the fourteenth day of the same month,[b] they celebrated Passover.

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Footnotes

  1. 5.9 Gilgal: In Hebrew “Gilgal” sounds like “take away.”
  2. 5.10 the same month: See the note at 4.19.

And after the whole nation had been circumcised, they remained where they were in camp until they were healed.(A)

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal[a](B) to this day.

10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month,(C) while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:9 Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew for roll.