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Joshua 4:19

Joshua 4:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

first month: Exodus 12:2-3

Gilgal: That is, the place afterwards called Gilgal; for it is so called here by anticipation. It was about ten furlongs east from Jericho, and fifty west from the Jordan. See Josephus and Calmet. Joshua 5:9, Joshua 10:6, Joshua 10:43, Joshua 15:7; 1 Samuel 11:14-15, 1 Samuel 15:33; Amos 4:4, Amos 5:5; Micah 6:5

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