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'''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 Jordan in 1406 B.C.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</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 the that [[circumcision]] is an [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)| adverse childhood experience]] with traumatic effects of child circumcision]], because he caused all of the male children born during the forty years in the wilderness to be [[circumcised]] in a mass circumcision at Gilgal to create warriors in preparation for the conquest of Canaan.<ref name="Joshua 5:3">{{REFweb

}}</ref>  Gilgal came to be known as "the hill of the [[foreskin]]s."<ref name="Joshua 5:3"/>

The name "Gilgal" was adopted as the name of an infamous British circumcision fetish [[Gilgal Society| society]]. {{SEEALSO}}* [[Circumcision and violence]]* [[Israel]]* [[Trauma]]