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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
'''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
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}}</ref> All of the circumcised warrior class who had left Egypt had died, and no warriors remained alive.<ref>{{REFweb
}}</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
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}}</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> <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 Gilgal to create warriors in preparation for the conquest of Canaan.<ref name="Joshua 5:3">{{REFweb
  |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A3&version=KJV
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}}</ref> Gilgal came to be known as "the hill of the [[foreskin]]s."<ref name="Joshua 5:3"/>
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Gilgal came to be known as "the hill of the [[foreskin]]s."<ref name="Joshua 5:3"/>


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


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