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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 | |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A10&version=KJV | ||
|title=Joshua 5:10 | |title=Joshua 5:10 | ||
|publisher=KJV | |publisher=KJV | ||
|website=Bible Gateway | |website=Bible Gateway | ||
|date=1611 | |date=1611 | ||
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}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
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>Joshua 5:5 KJV | 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 | |||
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}}</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 | |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A4&version=KJV | ||
|title=Joshua 5:4 | |title=Joshua 5:4 | ||
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|website=Bible Gateway | |website=Bible Gateway | ||
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|url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+6-12&version=KJV | |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+6-12&version=KJV | ||
|title=Joshua 6-12 | |title=Joshua 6-12 | ||
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|website=Bible Gateway | |website=Bible Gateway | ||
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}}</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 | }}</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 | |last=deMause | ||
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|title=Restaging Fetal Traumas in War and Social Violence - Part 4 | |title=Restaging Fetal Traumas in War and Social Violence - Part 4 | ||
|journal=J Psychohist | |journal=J Psychohist | ||
|date=1996-05 | |date=1996-05 | ||
|volume=23 | |volume=23 | ||
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|pages=344-92 | |pages=344-92 | ||
|url=http://primal-page.com/ldfetal4.htm | |url=http://primal-page.com/ldfetal4.htm | ||
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}}</ref> Joshua must have known of | }}</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 | |||
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|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 | |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua+5%3A3&version=KJV | ||
|title=Joshua 5:3 | |title=Joshua 5:3 | ||
|publisher=KJV | |publisher=KJV | ||
|website=Bible Gateway | |website=Bible Gateway | ||
|date=1611 | |date=1611 | ||
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}} | 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]] | |||
* [[Pain]] | |||
* [[Trauma]] | |||
{{REF}} | |||
[[Category:Circumcision]] | [[Category:Circumcision]] | ||
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[[Category:Psychology]] | [[Category:Psychology]] | ||
[[Category:History]] | [[Category:History]] | ||
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