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Joshua 4:19

in Joshua 4

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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Joshua 4

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Origen of Alexandria

HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 4.4 · Written before 253.

And when do they come to the crossing of the Jordan? For I have noted that this also has been indicated, so that even the time might be distinguished, and with good reason. "On the tenth," it says, "of the first month." That is also the day on which the mystery of the lamb was prefigured in Egypt. On the tenth of the first month, these things were celebrated in Egypt; on the tenth of the first month, they go into the land of promise.

This site's exposition

the tenth day of the first

on Joshua 4:19-20

The date is given and it carries weight. The tenth day of the first month is the day Exodus 12:3 set for taking up the passover lamb, and four days later at 5:10 Israel keeps the passover in the land; they left Egypt on the fifteenth of that month, so the entry falls forty years less five days after the exit. Gilgal is named here before 5:9 explains where the name came from, and the pile of river stones is the first thing Israel builds in Canaan.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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, Exo 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.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Gilgal, mentioned here by anticipation (compare Jos 5:9), the modern Jiljulieh (Conder), was on rising ground (compare Jos 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.

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהָעָ֗םand the people

    vehaamH5971 →1873 times

  • עָלוּ֙they went up

    ʾaluH5927 →890 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןthe Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • בֶּעָשׂ֖וֹרon the ten

    beasorH6218 →

  • לַחֹ֣דֶשׁof the month

    lachodeshH2320 →

  • הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן<the> first

    harishonH7223 →182 times

  • וַֽיַּחֲנוּ֙and they encamped

    vaiyachanuH2583 →143 times

  • בַּגִּלְגָּ֔לat <the> Gilgal

    bagilgalH1537 →41 times

  • בִּקְצֵ֖הon [the] edge of

    biktzehH7097 →97 times

  • מִזְרַ֥ח[the] east of

    mizrachH4217 →74 times

  • יְרִיחֽוֹ׃Jericho

    yerichoH3405 →57 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 5:9Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.7 worksMicah 6:5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”6 works2 Kings 2:1Shortly before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal,3 worksJoshua 10:6Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”2 worksJoshua 10:43Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.2 worksExodus 12:2–3“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.2 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
1 Samuel 11:14–15Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”2 worksAmos 4:4“Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.2 worksJoshua 15:7Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.2 worksAmos 5:5Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.2 works1 Samuel 15:33But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.2 worksJoshua 12:23the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;2 worksJoshua 14:6Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.2 worksDeuteronomy 9:1Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.2 worksDeuteronomy 11:30Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Micah 6:5

    My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

    it leads to

    • Joshua 5:9–10

      Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

    • Numbers 25:1

      While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

    • Judges 5:11

      the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went…

    • 2 Peter 2:15

      They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.

    • Deuteronomy 16:3

      You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you…

  • Through

    Joshua 5:9

    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 17:26

      David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he…

    • Genesis 34:14

      “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

  • Through

    Joshua 10:43

    Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 10:15

      Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Joshua: the study guide →Read Joshua 4 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JOSHUA 4.4.

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