Gilgal
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thumb|Gilgal near the Israeli settlements in the west bank|Israeli settlement of [[Yafit]]
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- Locality
- מועצה אזורית ערבות הירדן
- Region
- יהודה ושומרון
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 1,064
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- Country
- Palestine
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- Gilgal from Bible.jpg
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- Gilgal archaeological sites
- different from
- Galgala
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Places named Gilgal in the Bible
- In Joshua 4–5
- Elsewhere in Joshua
- In Deuteronomy
- In the Book of Samuel
- In the Book of Kings
- In Hosea
- Gilgal as a geographic term
- Gilgal/Golgol in the Hula Valley
- Location
- Khirbet en-Nitle
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Gilgal near the Israeli settlements in the west bank|Israeli settlement of [[Yafit]]
Gilgal ( Gilgāl), also known as Galgala or Galgalatokai of the 12 Stones ( or , Dōdekalithōn), is the name of one or more places in the Hebrew Bible. Gilgal is mentioned 39 times, in particular in the Book of Joshua, as the place where the Israelites camped after crossing the Jordan River (Joshua 4:19 – 5:12).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gilgal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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