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According to Joshua 4:19, Gilgal is a location "on the eastern border of Jericho" where the Israelites encamped immediately after crossing the Jordan River. There, they erected twelve stones as a memorial to the miraculous stopping of the river when they crossed. [3]
Map of the twelve tribes of Israel (before the move of Dan to the north), based on the Book of Joshua, c. 1200–1050 BCE. Transjordan (Hebrew: עבר הירדן, Ever HaYarden) is an area of land in the Southern Levant lying east of the Jordan River valley. It is also alternatively called Gilead.
Joshua led the Israelites out of the wilderness into the Promised Land, crossing the Jordan River as if on dry ground, [74] just as Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt through the Red Sea, which they crossed as if on dry land [75] After crossing the Jordan River, the Israelites celebrated the Passover just as they did immediately before the ...
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In commemoration of the crossing of the Jordan River, Joshua orders two monuments to be erected: one in the river-bed itself; the other on the western bank, at Gilgal, where the Israelites encamp. PEOPLE: Children of Israel - יהוה YHVH God - Joshua. PLACES: Jordan River - Jericho - Gilgal
The Jordan River or River Jordan (Arabic: نَهْر الْأُرْدُنّ, Nahr al-ʾUrdunn; Hebrew: נְהַר הַיַּרְדֵּן, Nəhar hayYardēn), also known as Nahr Al-Sharieat (Arabic: نهر الشريعة), is a 251-kilometre-long (156 mi) endorheic river in the Levant that flows roughly north to south through the Sea of Galilee and drains to the Dead Sea.
Zaretan or Zarethan (Hebrew: צָרְתָן), also known as Zeredathah, is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as near the location where the Hebrews crossed the Jordan (Joshua 3:16). In the books of Joshua ( 3:16 , KJV "Zaretan") and 1 Kings ( 4:12 KJV "Zartanah", 7:46 "Zarthan"), it is called Zarethan, but in 2 Chronicles it is called ...