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19 The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month[a] and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.

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  1. Joshua 4:19 sn The first month was the month Abib (= late March-early April in the modern calendar). The preparations for Passover also began on the tenth day of the first month (Exod 12:2-3).

My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you,[a]
how Balaam son of Beor responded to him.
Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal,
so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:5 tn Heb “remember what Balak…planned.”
  2. Micah 6:5 tn Heb “From Shittim to Gilgal, in order to know the just acts of the Lord.” Something appears to be missing at the beginning of the line. The present translation supplies the words, “Recall how you went.” This apparently refers to how Israel crossed the Jordan River (see Josh 3:1; 4:19-24).