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{{Construction Site}}'''Gilgal''' is the name of the location in the hill country of [[Israel]], west of the River Jordan, and about ten miles north of the city of Jericho. The Israelites camped here after crossing the River Jordanin 1406 B.C.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A10&version=KJV |title=Joshua 5:10 |publisher=KJV ( |website=Bible Gateway |date=1611) |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref>

The Israelites, led by Moses, who apparently was ''not'' [[circumcised]] and seems to have placed little importance on the practice, did not practice [[Brit Milah| circumcision]] while they trekked in the wilderness for forty years.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A5&version=KJV |title=Joshua 5:5 |publisher=KJV ( |website=Bible Gateway |date=1611) |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref> All of the [[circumcised ]] warrior class who had left Egypt had died, and no warriors remained alive.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A4&version=KJV |title=Joshua 5:4 |publisher=KJV ( |website=Bible Gateway |date=1611) |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref>

After the death of Moses, Joshua assumed command of the Israelites. Joshua was faced with the conquest of Canaan, <ref>{{REFweb |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+6-12&version=KJV |title=Joshua 6-12 |publisher=KJV |website=Bible Gateway |date=1611 |accessdate=2020-03-09}}</ref> so he needed warriors. Lloyd deMause (1996) reports that [[Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma| childhood trauma]] (including circumcision) makes the subject more angry, aggressive, and violent.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=deMause |first=Lloyd |init=L |author-link= |etal=no |title=Restaging Fetal Traumas in War and Social Violence - Part 4 |journal=J Psychohist |date=1996-05 |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=344-92 |url=http://primal-page.com/ldfetal4.htm |pubmedID=11609155 |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2020-02-27}}</ref> <ref name="glass2003">{{REFweb |url=http://www.cirp.org/pages/cultural/glass3/ |title=What the Bible Reveals About Circumcision and Sexual Violence |last=Glass |first=Michael |init= |publisher=Circumcision Reference Library |date=2003 |accessdate=2022-11-08}}</ref> Joshua must have known of that [[circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)| adverse childhood experience]] with traumatic effects, because he caused all of the male children born during the forty years in the wilderness to be [[circumcised ]] in a mass circumcision at Gilgalto create warriors in preparation for the conquest of Canaan.<ref>name="Joshua 5:3 KJV (1611)<">{{REFweb |url=https://ref> Gilgal came to be known as "the hill of the [[foreskins]]www.biblegateway."<ref>com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A3&version=KJV |title=Joshua 5:3 |publisher=KJV ( |website=Bible Gateway |date=1611) |accessdate=2020-02-29}}</ref>

{{REF}}Gilgal came to be known as "the hill of the [[foreskin]]s."<ref name="Joshua 5:3"/> == Name adoption ==The name "Gilgal" was adopted as the name of an infamous British circumcision fetish [[Gilgal Society|society]].