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Then they camped at Gilgal, just east of Jericho.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth <i>day</i> of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth <i>day</i> of the first month, and they camped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joshua/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />On the tenth day of the first month, the people came out of the Jordan River. They made their camp at Gilgal, just east of Jericho.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The people crossed the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal, east of Jericho. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The people came up from the Jordan River on the tenth day of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern outskirts of Jericho. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the people came up out of Jordan in the tenth to the first month, and they will encamp in Gilgal, in the extremity of the sunrising of Jericho.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now the people ascended from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and they encamped at Gilgal, opposite the eastern portion of the city of Jericho.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The people came up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and camped in Gilgal on the eastern limits of Jericho.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the people came up from within the Jordan on the tenth of the first month, and they camped in Galgala on the borders of the east of Yerikho<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/4-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=797" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/4.htm">The Camp at Gilgal</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6218.htm" title="6218: be·‘ā·śō·wr (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A ten, decade. Or masor; from eser; ten; by abbrev. Ten strings, and so a decachord.">On the tenth</a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·wn (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">day of the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: la·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: wə·hā·‘ām (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">went up</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/3383.htm" title="3383: hay·yar·dên (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- The principal river of Pal. From yarad; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine.">the Jordan</a> <a href="/hebrew/2583.htm" title="2583: way·ya·ḥă·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline; by implication, to decline; specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. To encamp.">and camped</a> <a href="/hebrew/1537.htm" title="1537: bag·gil·gāl (Prep-b, Art:: N-proper-fs) -- Circle (of stones), the name of several places in Pal. The same as gilgal; Gilgal, the name of three places in Palestine.">at Gilgal</a> <a href="/hebrew/4217.htm" title="4217: miz·raḥ (N-msc) -- Place of sunrise, the east. From zarach; sunrise, i.e. The east.">on the eastern</a> <a href="/hebrew/7097.htm" title="7097: biq·ṣêh (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- End, extremity. Or qetseh; from qatsah; an extremity.">border</a> <a href="/hebrew/3405.htm" title="3405: yə·rî·ḥōw (N-proper-fs) -- Or Yrechow; or variation Yriychoh; perhaps from yareach; its month; or else from ruwach; fragrant; Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine.">of Jericho.</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>And there at Gilgal Joshua set up the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Exodus 12:3-6</a></span><br />Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. / If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly. / Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-29.htm">Exodus 14:29-31</a></span><br />But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left. / That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore. / When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-2.htm">Deuteronomy 27:2-3</a></span><br />And on the day you cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster. / Write on them all the words of this law when you have crossed over to enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/3-17.htm">Joshua 3:17</a></span><br />The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Joshua 5:10-12</a></span><br />On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover. / The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land. / And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/7-12.htm">1 Samuel 7:12</a></span><br />Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-9.htm">1 Kings 8:9</a></span><br />There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/2-8.htm">2 Kings 2:8</a></span><br />And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/114-3.htm">Psalm 114:3</a></span><br />The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-16.htm">Isaiah 43:16-17</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters, / who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-13.htm">Matthew 3:13-17</a></span><br />At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. / But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?” / “Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-18.htm">Matthew 28:18-20</a></span><br />Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. / Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, / and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-9.htm">Mark 1:9-11</a></span><br />In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. / As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove. / And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-21.htm">Luke 3:21-22</a></span><br />When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened, / and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-28.htm">John 1:28-34</a></span><br />All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. / The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! / This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’ ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">first month</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-2.htm">Exodus 12:2,3</a></b></br> This month <i>shall be</i> unto you the beginning of months: it <i>shall be</i> the first month of the year to you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/5-9.htm">Joshua 5:9</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/10-6.htm">Joshua 10:6,43</a></b></br> And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/15-7.htm">Joshua 15:7</a></b></br> And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that <i>is</i> before the going up to Adummim, which <i>is</i> on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/1-4.htm">Border</a> <a href="/joshua/3-1.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-49.htm">East</a> <a href="/numbers/34-10.htm">Eastern</a> <a href="/joshua/3-15.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-33.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-9.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/joshua/3-8.htm">Extremity</a> <a href="/joshua/4-13.htm">Jericho</a> <a href="/joshua/4-18.htm">Jordan</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-13.htm">Month</a> <a href="/joshua/4-11.htm">Side</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-3.htm">Tenth</a> <a href="/joshua/3-14.htm">Tents</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/12-2.htm">Border</a> <a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Camped</a> <a href="/joshua/7-2.htm">East</a> <a href="/joshua/12-3.htm">Eastern</a> <a href="/joshua/6-21.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Encamp</a> <a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Encamped</a> <a href="/joshua/15-1.htm">Extremity</a> <a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Jericho</a> <a href="/joshua/4-20.htm">Jordan</a> <a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Month</a> <a href="/joshua/7-2.htm">Side</a> <a href="/1_samuel/8-15.htm">Tenth</a> <a href="/joshua/5-8.htm">Tents</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/4-1.htm">Twelve men are appointed to take twelve memorial stones from Jordan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/4-9.htm">Twelve other stones are set up in the midst of Jordan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/4-10.htm">The people pass over</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/4-14.htm">God magnifies Joshua</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/4-15.htm">The priests commanded to come out of Jordan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/4-20.htm">The twelve stones are pitched in Gilgal</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/joshua/4.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>On the tenth day of the first month</b><br />This phrase marks a significant time in the Hebrew calendar, aligning with the preparation for Passover, which commemorates the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt. The "tenth day" is reminiscent of the day when the Israelites were instructed to select the Passover lamb (<a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Exodus 12:3</a>). This timing underscores God's providential timing and faithfulness, as the crossing of the Jordan into the Promised Land is a continuation of the deliverance that began in Egypt. The "first month," known as Nisan or Abib, is a time of new beginnings, symbolizing renewal and the fulfillment of God's promises.<p><b>the people went up from the Jordan</b><br />The phrase "went up" indicates a movement from a lower to a higher elevation, both physically and spiritually. The Jordan River, a significant geographical and spiritual boundary, represents a transition from the wilderness wanderings to the inheritance of the Promised Land. This ascent is symbolic of the Israelites' journey of faith and obedience, as they leave behind the old and step into the new life God has prepared for them. The crossing of the Jordan is a miraculous event, echoing the crossing of the Red Sea, and serves as a testament to God's power and presence with His people.<p><b>and camped at Gilgal</b><br />"Gilgal" becomes a significant location in Israel's history. The name itself is derived from the Hebrew root "galal," meaning "to roll." In <a href="/joshua/5-9.htm">Joshua 5:9</a>, the Lord declares, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you," linking the name Gilgal to the removal of shame and the beginning of a new chapter for the Israelites. Gilgal serves as a base of operations for the conquest of Canaan and a place of remembrance, where the twelve stones taken from the Jordan were set up as a memorial. It is a place of consecration and renewal of the covenant relationship with God.<p><b>on the eastern border of Jericho</b><br />This geographical detail situates the Israelites strategically for the upcoming conquest of Jericho, the first major city in the Promised Land they are to encounter. The "eastern border" signifies the direction from which they approach, highlighting the anticipation and preparation for the battles ahead. Jericho, known for its formidable walls, represents the challenges and obstacles that lie before them. Yet, the positioning of the Israelites at Gilgal, under God's guidance, assures them of His continued presence and victory over their enemies. This phrase emphasizes the importance of divine strategy and trust in God's plan as they embark on the conquest of Canaan.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><span class= "bld">EVENTS AT GILGAL</span> (<a href="/joshua/4-19.htm" title="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.">Joshua 4:19</a> to <a href="/joshua/5-12.htm" title="And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.">Joshua 5:12</a>, inclusive).<p>(19) <span class= "bld">On the tenth day of the first month.</span>--Of the forty-first year after they left Egypt. Exactly forty years before, on the tenth day of the first month, (<a href="/exodus/12-5.htm" title="Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: you shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:">Exodus 12:5</a>), they had been commanded to take them "a lamb for an house," that they might keep the Passover. The forty years of the Exodus were now complete, and on the self-same day they passed over the last barrier, and entered the Promised Land.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">On the tenth day of the first month.</span> This statement, compared with <a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Joshua 5:10</a>, will bear close analysis, and refutes the clumsy compiler theory. There was just time between the tenth and fourteenth day of the month for the events described in the meantime. And the scrupulous obedience to the law, the provisions of which, we are expressly told, had been of necessity neglected hitherto, is a fact closely in keeping with the character of Joshua, and the whole spirit of the narrative. <span class="cmt_word">Gilgal</span>. The <span class="accented">Gilgal</span>, according to the Masorites, no doubt from its being a circular encampment. Not as yet, however, called by this name (see <a href="/joshua/5-9.htm">Joshua 5:9</a>). It was "about five miles" (50 stadia, according to Josephus), "from the river banks" (Stanley, 'Sinai and Palestine,' p. 307). We gather from <a href="/joshua/5-3.htm">Joshua 5:3</a> that it was a rising ground, but it is impossible to identify the spot, since there never existed any town or village there. A spot is shown by the inhabitants about two miles from Jericho, which is held by them in great reverence, but this is further from Jericho than Josephus imagines it to be, for he places it about a mile and a quarter from Jericho. Tristram ('Land of Israel,' p. 216) identifies Riha (see note on Joshua 2:1) with Gilgal, but Bartlett (p. 452) places it "a mile east of Riha," "some three miles or more from the fords." It is hardly probable, however, that the Israelites, in their then unprepared condition (see next chapter, and cf. <a href="/genesis/34-25.htm">Genesis 34:25</a>), encamped so near the city, even though they were conscious of Divine protection, as Josephus would have us suppose. It has been denied by some that the Gilgal mentioned in <a href="/joshua/9-6.htm">Joshua 9:6</a>; <a href="/joshua/10-6.htm">Joshua 10:6</a> is the same as this one (see notes there, as well as the Masoretic translation above). The reverence for sacred places, such as Gilgal, degenerated in the course of time, according to a well known law of humanity, into superstition - a superstition severely rebuked by the prophets (<a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">Hosea 4:15</a>; <a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Hosea 9:15</a>; <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4</a>; <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Amos 5:5</a>). We may compare the idolatrous worship of the brazen serpent (<a href="/2_kings/18-4.htm">2 Kings 18:4</a>). It is sometimes contended by Roman Catholic commentators that no approval of the conduct of Hezekiah is here expressed; but a comparison of this passage with those above cited will show in which direction the minds of inspired men tended. Other places seem to have been similarly regarded with superstitious reverence. Not only do we find Bethel mentioned among such places as we might well expect from Jeroboam's idolatrous worship there, but Beersheba also seems to have become a seat of this misdirected devotion (see <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Amos 5:5</a>; <a href="/amos/8-14.htm">Amos 8:14</a>) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/4-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">On the tenth</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּעָשׂ֖וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(be·‘ā·śō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6218.htm">Strong's 6218: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ten, by abbreviated form ten strings, a decachord</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day of the first</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ri·šō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">month</span><br /><span class="heb">לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(la·ḥō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the people</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָעָ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went up</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Jordan</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yar·dên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3383.htm">Strong's 3383: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and camped</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·ḥă·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2583.htm">Strong's 2583: </a> </span><span class="str2">To incline, to decline, to pitch a, tent, gen, to encamp</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at Gilgal</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּגִּלְגָּ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(bag·gil·gāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gilgal -- 'circle (of stones)', the name of several places in Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the eastern</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזְרַ֥ח</span> <span class="translit">(miz·raḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4217.htm">Strong's 4217: </a> </span><span class="str2">Place of sunrise, the east</span><br /><br /><span class="word">border</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּקְצֵ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(biq·ṣêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7097.htm">Strong's 7097: </a> </span><span class="str2">End, extremity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jericho.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרִיחֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rî·ḥōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3405.htm">Strong's 3405: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jericho -- a city in the Jordan Valley captured by Joshua</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/4-19.htm">Joshua 4:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/4-19.htm">OT History: Joshua 4:19 The people came up out (Josh. 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