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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
|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A10&version=KJV
|title=Joshua 5:10
|date=1611
|accessdate=2020-02-29
}}</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]]. {{SEEALSO}}* [[Circumcision and violence]]* [[Israel]]* [[Trauma]]
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