Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal[a](A) to this day.

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  1. Joshua 5:9 Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew for roll.

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.

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Then the Lord said to Joshua, “This day I have rolled away (A)the reproach of Egypt from you.” Therefore the name of the place is called (B)Gilgal[a] to this day.

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  1. Joshua 5:9 Lit. Rolling

26 Over Achan they heaped(A) up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day.(B) Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger.(C) Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor[a](D) ever since.

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  1. Joshua 7:26 Achor means trouble.

26 And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

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26 Then they (A)raised over him a great heap of stones, still there to this day. So (B)the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called (C)the Valley of [a]Achor to this day.

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  1. Joshua 7:26 Lit. Trouble

26 He then went to the land of the Hittites,(A) where he built a city and called it Luz,(B) which is its name to this day.

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26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

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26 And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

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19 Then God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned and he revived.(A) So the spring(B) was called En Hakkore,[a] and it is still there in Lehi.

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  1. Judges 15:19 En Hakkore means caller’s spring.

19 But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day.

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19 So God split the hollow place that is in [a]Lehi, and water came out, and he drank; and (A)his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he called its name [b]En Hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.

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  1. Judges 15:19 Lit. Jawbone, Judg. 15:14
  2. Judges 15:19 Lit. Spring of the Caller

12 On their way they set up camp near Kiriath Jearim(A) in Judah. This is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is called Mahaneh Dan[a](B) to this day.

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  1. Judges 18:12 Mahaneh Dan means Dan’s camp.

12 And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

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12 Then they went up and encamped in (A)Kirjath Jearim in Judah. (Therefore they call that place (B)Mahaneh Dan[a] to this day. There it is, west of Kirjath Jearim.)

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  1. Judges 18:12 Lit. Camp of Dan

He was the one who defeated ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt(A) and captured Sela(B) in battle, calling it Joktheel, the name it has to this day.

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He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

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(A)He killed ten thousand Edomites in (B)the Valley of Salt, and took [a]Sela by war, (C)and called its name Joktheel to this day.

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  1. 2 Kings 14:7 Lit. The Rock; the city of Petra