Gilgal, Israel: Place Joshua, Samuel, Saul, Tabernacle, Altar, 12 Stone Monument, Footprint, Located

Gilgal is one of the most mentioned locations in the Bible. Learn about the history and all the events in the Bible that happened here.
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Location
There are two locations for Gilgal.
1. Tel Gilgal is situated in the Jordan Valley plain at the place of the modern city of Gilgal, which is located about 8 miles (12 km.) north of Jericho on Hwy. 90.
2. Camp Gilgal is located on the eastern edge of Jericho on Hwy. 90.
Historical Background
1. The late Professor Adam Zertal (University of Haifa) did much research on the biblical location of Gilgal and discovered that it’s possible it wasn’t necessarily a specific location, but a common name for a camp or religious site in its early period.
2. In Zertal’s research, he discovered 5 potential sites where the Israelites could have camped after crossing the Jordan into the Promised Land. Each place is uniquely shaped like a human right footprint. This is likely attributed to the promise given to them in Deuteronomy 11:24: Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours; your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the western sea.
3. Joshua 4:19, places Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho: Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho. The place of Tel Gilgal (modern-day Gilgal) doesn’t seem to fit the qualifications found in Joshua 4:19.
4. If Zertal’s claims are true, then it’s possible Tel Gilgal (located at modern Gilgal) was the more permanent Gilgal that is referred to 35 times in Scripture, and the place on the eastern edge of Jericho was a temporary place where the Israelites camped. This seems reasonable as there are no remains of a permanent city on the eastern edge of Jericho.
5. Tel Gilgal became a central meeting place throughout the rest of the Old Testament and appears to have been a small city.
Places of Interest
1. Tel Gilgal
2. Tower
3. Heel part of the footprint shape of Tel Gilgal
4. Center part of the footprint shape of Tel Gilgal
5. Tabernacle
6. 12 Stone Monument (it appears it was moved from Camp Gilgal to Tel Gilgal as a permanent monument at a later date)
7. Altar
8. Toe part of the footprint shape of Tel Gilgal
9. Modern Gilgal
10. Jericho
11. Jordan River
12. Camp Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho

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I didn't realize how close all these Biblical locations really are. Informative, thank you Pastor Todd :)

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What an amazing video. I always wondered if anyone knew where the twelve stones from the Jordan were located.

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I’m so thankful you said God used Israel as His mouth peace for all the world….my whole life I’ve wanted to find the connection. I know we are grafted in and so in awe of Him, His word, His love…oh how He loves us. It’s His desire that none would perish but as we can see many will

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I really hope one day I can visit Israel and to be ale to see with my own eyes the mentioned locations in the Bible....

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I'm from India,thank you sir for showing this biblical places,when you preaching the gospel in gilgal,my soul was wishing to pray on that land by doing kneel down.he is living god,Jesus Isonly the God .

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Thank you for sharing this finding, especially with the map and locations as written in Scriptures. The are millions in the world who are unable to make it to the Holy Land to physically confirm the sites as the Bible says. All your video presentations help many of us put things into perspective. Thanks again and God will continue to bless you and the great work you are doing.

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I'm now reading the books in the old testament. and i find it really useful to watch videos. thank you Pstr Todd. May God bless you :)

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Thanks for this. As I am reading the book of Joshua, I am watching the places mentioned in the Bible in the present day.

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Wonderful! Thanks for watching and commenting. God bless.

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I wish I could take this tour, if I had the opportunity I would’ve dove straight into that book so I could know what to expect and then just sit there and try and imagine these situations playing out I just started reading Joshua, I’ve found it hard to read the Bible so I decided to skip a head and allow myself to read a book and take it for itself, Im really trying to read the Bible without the ora that the BIBLE tends to bring, I want to read it like a book and not like THE BIBLE and I think I’m that way I could be a little more at ease and truly study it for what it is. It’s truly a magnificent “book” the wording, the depth. Some verses are read so intricately and sound so beautiful. I just want to grasp it in its entirety

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Thanks for your information focus on Gilgal! We therefore remmeber Joshua, Saul and Samuel, Elijah and Elisha who ever met here and then left for the ascension of Elijah and Elisha's two miracles on foods in the famine of here.

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Jesus reigns forever, selah.

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