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# Gilgal
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## Facts
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The term Gilgal was a town north of Jericho and was the first place that the Israelites camped after crossing the Jordan River to enter Canaan.
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* At Gilgal, Joshua set up twelve stones taken from the dry river bed of the Jordan River that they had just crossed over.
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* Gilgal was the city that Elijah and Elisha were leaving as they crossed the Jordan when Elijah was taken up to heaven.
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* There were also several other places called "Gilgal" in the Old Testament.
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* The word "gilgal" means "circle of stones," perhaps referring to a place where a circular altar was built. It is also related to the word for something that rolls.
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* The word almost always occurs in the phrase, "the gilgal," which may indicate that this was a general reference to a kind of place, rather than to a specific place name.
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