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.

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 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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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.

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.

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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