Joshua 5:1
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The New Generation Circumcised
5 As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites (A)who were by the sea, (B)heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts (C)melted and (D)there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel.
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Joshua 5:9-10
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9 And the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the (A)reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called (B)Gilgal[a] to this day.
First Passover in Canaan
10 While the people of Israel were encamped at Gilgal, they kept the Passover (C)on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho.
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- Joshua 5:9 Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew for to roll
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