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[34]
Now the place where Joshua pitched his camp was called Gilgal, which
denotes liberty; 1
for since now they had passed over Jordan, they looked on themselves as
freed from the miseries which they had undergone from the Egyptians, and
in the wilderness.
1 I agree here with Dr. Bernard, and approve of Josephus's interpretation of Gilgal for liberty. See Joshua 5:9.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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