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Gilgal

Town

Location disputed Khirbet el Mefjir: about 24 km (15 miles, 130 furlongs) northeast of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

Khirbet el Mefjir Possible
Khirbet Ibn Naser Less likely
Jiljilyya Less likely
El ’Unuq Less likely
Khirbet en Nitleh Less likely

Gilgal in the Bible Dictionary · Another Gilgal (town · Nehemiah 12:29) · Another Gilgal (region · Joshua 12:23) · Another Gilgal (town · Joshua 4:19) · Another Gilgal (town · 2 Kings 2:1) · Another Gilgal (town · Joshua 15:7)

Named in 1 Verse

Deuteronomy 11:30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?

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