Joshua 4:13

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about forty thousand ready armed for war passed over before Yahweh to battle, to the plains of Jericho.

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The Jordan was the river Israel crossed into Canaan; Jericho lay just west of it as the first fortified city in their path. Gilgal, near Jericho, became Israel’s initial camp after the crossing, while the tribes from east of the Jordan advanced armed with the rest of Israel.

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Joshua 4:13 mentions Gilgal, Jericho and Jordan.