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Joshua 4:19

Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth [day] of the first month and encamped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abib;   Gilgal;   Instruction;   Month;   Tabernacle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Gilgal;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   East;   Gilgal;   Tabernacle;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gilgal;   Palestine;   Tabernacle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gilgal;   Tabernacle;   Wandering;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Gilgal;   Rahab (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gilgal;   Pilgrimage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gilgal;   Jericho;   Joshua;   Quarry;   Time;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Holiness Purity;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gilgal;   Jordan ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Gilgal;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gil'gal;   Tabernacle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Border;   Gilgal;   Joshua (2);   Joshua, Book of;   Tabernacle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Adar, the Seventh of;   Gilgal;   Jericho;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.
Update Bible Version
And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
English Revised Version
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
New Century Version
The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.
New English Translation
The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth [day] of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
World English Bible
The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the puple stiede fro Jordan in the tenthe dai of the firste monethe, and thei settiden tentis in Galgalis, ayens the eest coost of the citee of Jerico.
Young's Literal Translation
And the people have come up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and encamp in Gilgal, in the extremity east of Jericho;
Berean Standard Bible
On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
Contemporary English Version
It was the tenth day of the first month of the year when Israel crossed the Jordan River. They set up camp at Gilgal, which was east of the land controlled by Jericho.
American Standard Version
And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
Bible in Basic English
So on the tenth day of the first month the people came up out of Jordan, and put up their tents in Gilgal, on the east side of Jericho.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the people came vp out of Iordane the tenth [day] of the first moneth, and pitched in Gilgal, euen in the east border of the citie Iericho.
Complete Jewish Bible
The people came up out of the Yarden on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, by the eastern boundary of Yericho.
Darby Translation
And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the eastern extremity of Jericho.
Easy-to-Read Version
The people crossed the Jordan River on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
King James Version (1611)
And the people came vp out of Iordan on the tenth day of the first moneth, and encamped in Gilgal, in the East border of Iericho.
New Life Bible
The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. Then they stayed at Gilgal on the east side of Jericho.
New Revised Standard
The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So, the people, came up out of the Jordan, on the tenth of the first month, - and encamped in Gilgal, at the eastern end of Jericho.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the people came vp out of Iorden the tenth day of the first moneth, and pitched in Gilgal, in the Eastside of Iericho.
George Lamsa Translation
And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
Good News Translation
The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people came up out of the Jordan, the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Galgal, over against the east side of the city of Jericho.
Revised Standard Version
The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the people went up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month; and the children of Israel encamped in Galgala in the region eastward from Jericho.
Christian Standard Bible®
The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and camped at Gilgal on the eastern limits of Jericho.
Hebrew Names Version
The people came up out of the Yarden on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Yericho.
King James Version
And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
Lexham English Bible
And the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho.
Literal Translation
And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and camped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It was ye tenth daye of the first moneth, whan the people came vp out of Iordane: & they pitched their tentes in Gilgall vpon ye East syde of ye cite of Iericho.
THE MESSAGE
The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. They set up camp at The Gilgal (The Circle) to the east of Jericho. Joshua erected a monument at The Gilgal, using the twelve stones that they had taken from the Jordan. And then he told the People of Israel, "In the days to come, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What are these stones doing here?' tell your children this: ‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry ground.'
New American Standard Bible
Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal, on the eastern edge of Jericho.
New King James Version
Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.
New Living Translation
The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month. Then they camped at Gilgal, just east of Jericho.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho.

Contextual Overview

10For the priests who carried the ark were standing in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell the people, in accordance with everything that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people hurried and crossed [the dry riverbed]; 11and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed over in the presence of the people. 12The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle before the [other] sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them; 13about 40,000 [men] armed and equipped for war crossed for battle before the LORD to the desert plains of Jericho. 14On that day the LORD magnified and exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; so they feared him [with profound awe and reverence], just as they had feared Moses all the days of his life. 15Now the LORD said to Joshua, 16"Order the priests carrying the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan." 17So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up out of the Jordan." 18When the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD had come up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet were raised up to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and flowed over all its banks as before. 19Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth [day] of the first month and encamped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

first month: Exodus 12:2, Exodus 12:3

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, 1 Samuel 11:15, 1 Samuel 15:33, Amos 4:4, Amos 5:5, Micah 6:5

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 9:1 - to pass Joshua 4:3 - leave them Joshua 12:23 - Gilgal Joshua 14:6 - Gilgal 2 Kings 2:1 - Gilgal Hosea 9:15 - is in

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
Now the LORD God said, "It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [one who balances him—a counterpart who is] suitable and complementary for him."
Genesis 2:24
For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.
Genesis 4:4
But Abel brought [an offering of] the [finest] firstborn of his flock and the fat portions. And the LORD had respect (regard) for Abel and for his offering;
Genesis 4:6
And the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you so angry? And why do you look annoyed?
Matthew 19:8
He said to them, "Because your hearts were hard and stubborn Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people came up out of Jordan,.... The channel of it, to the shore:

on the tenth [day] of the first month; the month Nisan or Abib, which from the time of Israel's coming out of Egypt was appointed the first month of the year, Exodus 12:2; on the fifteenth of which month they came out of Egypt, having kept the passover on the fourteenth at even; so that their coming out of Egypt, to their entrance into Canaan, was just forty years, wanting five days. This tenth day was the day in which the passover was taken from the flock, and kept till the fourteenth, on which day the children of Israel kept their first passover in Canaan, in the plains of Jericho, Joshua 5:10;

and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho; it has its name here by anticipation, for it was so named after this for a reason given, Joshua 5:9; It was, according to Josephus l, ten furlongs, or a mile and a quarter, from Jericho. Jerom says m, there was shown in his time a desert place two miles from Jericho, had in wonderful esteem by men of that country, which he suggests was this place; as it was had in great veneration, both by the worshippers of the true God, and by idolaters, for many ages.

l Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 1. sect. 4.) m De loc. Heb. fol. 91. M.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gilgal, mentioned here by anticipation (compare Joshua 5:9), the modern Jiljulieh (Conder), was on rising ground (compare Joshua 5:3), and, according to Josephus, nearly five miles from the river, and consequently about two from the city itself. The site of the camp was no doubt fortified by Joshua, as it constituted for some time the abiding foothold in Canaan, from where he sallied forth to subdue the country. It was also the place of safety where the ark, and no doubt also the women, children, cattle, and other property of the people were left. Hence, the demolition of Jericho and Ai, strong fortresses in the neighborhood of Gilgal, was no doubt dictated by sound policy as well as by religious obligations.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 4:19. On the tenth day of the first month — As the Israelites left Egypt on the fifteenth day of the first month, A.M. 2513, (see Exodus 14:1-31), and they entered into Canaan the tenth of the first month, A.M. 2553, it is evident that forty years, wanting five days, had elapsed from the time of their exodus from Egypt to their entrance into the promised inheritance.

Encamped in Gilgal — That is, in the place that was afterwards called Gilgal, see Joshua 5:9; for here the name is given it by anticipation. In Hebrew, gal signifies to roll; and the doubling of the root, galgal or gilgal, signifies rolling round and round, or rolling off or away, because, in circumcising the children that had been born in the wilderness, Joshua rolled away, rolled off completely, the reproach of the people. From this time Gilgal became a place of considerable eminence in the sacred history.

1. It was the place where the Israelitish camp rested the first night of their entering into that land which had been promised to their fathers from the days of Abraham.

2. It was the place in which Joshua circumcised all the people who had been born in the wilderness, during the forty years of their wandering, after they left Egypt.

3. It was the place in which Joshua had what we might term his fortified camp, and to which he and his army constantly returned after each of their expeditions against the inhabitants of the land.

4. It appears to have been the place where all the women, children, cattle, and goods, &c., were lodged, probably during the whole of the Canaanitish war.

5. It was the place where they celebrated the first passover they kept in the promised land.

6. It was the place where Saul, the first king of Israel, was proclaimed.

7. There the manna ceased to fall. And,

8. There the ark was fixed till, after the conquest of the country, it was removed to Shiloh.

Gilgal was about ten furlongs from Jericho, and fifty from Jordan: Jericho being on the west, and Jordan on the east, Gilgal being between both. See Josephus, De Bello, &c., lib. v., c. 4, and Calmet on this place. Calmet supposes there was neither city nor town here before the arrival of the Israelites.


 
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