Print Page Options

Then the Lord said to Joshua: Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.(A) Therefore the place is called Gilgal[a] to the present day.

10 (B)While the Israelites were encamped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month.[b] 11 On the day after the Passover they ate of the produce of the land in the form of unleavened cakes and parched grain. On that same day 12 after they ate of the produce of the land, the manna ceased. No longer was there manna for the Israelites, who that year ate of the yield of the land of Canaan.(C)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 5:9 The place is called Gilgal: by popular etymology, because of the similarity of sound with the Hebrew word gallothi, “I have removed.” Gilgal probably means “circle,” i.e., the place of the circle of standing stones. Cf. 4:4–8.
  2. 5:10 The month: the first month of the year, later called Nisan; see note on 3:15. The crossing of the Jordan occurred, therefore, about the same time of the year as did the crossing of the Red Sea; cf. Ex 12–14.

The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away from you the disgrace of Egypt.” And so that place is called Gilgal[a] to this day.

The Passover at Gilgal

10 While the Israelites were camped in Gilgal they kept the passover in the evening on the fourteenth day of the month in the plains of Jericho. 11 On the day after the passover, on that very day, they ate the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. 12 The manna ceased on the day they ate the produce of the land, and the Israelites no longer had manna; they ate the crops of the land of Canaan that year.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:9 Related to Heb galal to roll

The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have removed from you the disgrace of being slaves in Egypt.” That is why the place was named Gilgal,[a] the name it still has.

10 (A)While the Israelites were camping at Gilgal on the plain near Jericho, they observed Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month. 11 The next day was the first time they ate food grown in Canaan: roasted grain and bread made without yeast. 12 (B)The manna stopped falling then, and the Israelites no longer had any. From that time on they ate food grown in Canaan.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:9 This name sounds like the Hebrew for “removed.”

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

10 While the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal (B)they celebrated the Passover on the evening of the (C)fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho. 11 Then on the day after the Passover, on [b]that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and roasted grain. 12 And (D)the manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan during that year.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:9 I.e., wheel, or stone circle
  2. Joshua 5:11 Lit this

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.

10 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month,(B) while camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, the Israelites celebrated the Passover.(C) 11 The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land:(D) unleavened bread(E) and roasted grain.(F) 12 The manna stopped the day after[b] they ate this food from the land; there was no longer any manna for the Israelites, but that year they ate the produce of Canaan.(G)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 5:9 Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew for roll.
  2. Joshua 5:12 Or the day