Bible places · settlement
Gilgal
Identified today with Khirbet el Mefjir
Location is debated. This pin is the best-supported candidate, not a settled site.
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Journeys through this place
- Abraham's journeystops 4, 6, 10: Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:3; Genesis 22:2
- The Exodus and the wildernessstops 14, 16: Numbers 22:1; Joshua 3:16; 4:19
- Paul's second missionary journeystop 17: Acts 18:22
- Paul's third missionary journeystop 18: Acts 21:15–17
Named in 33 verses
- Joshua 4:19
- Joshua 4:20
- Joshua 5:9
- Joshua 5:10
- Joshua 9:6
- Joshua 10:6
- Joshua 10:7
- Joshua 10:9
- Joshua 10:15
- Joshua 10:43
- Joshua 14:6
- Judges 2:1
- Judges 3:19
- 1 Samuel 7:16
- 1 Samuel 10:8
- 1 Samuel 11:14
- 1 Samuel 11:15
- 1 Samuel 13:4
- 1 Samuel 13:7
- 1 Samuel 13:8
- 1 Samuel 13:12
- 1 Samuel 13:15
- 1 Samuel 15:12
- 1 Samuel 15:21
- 1 Samuel 15:33
- 2 Samuel 19:15
- 2 Samuel 19:40
- Hosea 4:15
- Hosea 9:15
- Hosea 12:11
- Amos 4:4
- Amos 5:5
- Micah 6:5
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