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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

The Israelites, led by Moses, who apparently was ''not'' circumcised and seems to have placed little importance on the practice, did not practice [[circumcision]] while they trekked in the wilderness for forty years.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> All of the circumcised warrior class who had left Egypt had died, and no warriors remained alive.<ref>{{REFweb

}}</ref> Joshua must have known of the [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)| 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 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]].