Joshua 5:10

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The children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

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At Gilgal near Jericho, just west of the Jordan in Canaan, Israel kept Passover after entering the land promised following deliverance from Egypt. Gibeath-haaraloth nearby recalls the circumcision of the new generation; the Great Sea lies far west and is not central to this event.

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Joshua 5:10 mentions Canaan, Egypt, Gibeath-haaraloth, Gilgal, Great Sea, Jericho and Jordan.

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