Gilgal
Entry place into the Promised Land at the end of the Exodus.
Inhabitants or natives
Description
"it is an ordinary Palestinian town, quite densely populated, situated on a low hill covered mainly with vineyards and olive groves. But there is so much sunshine, that cereals also can be cultivated, at random, under trees or between rows of vines. And they ripen notwithstanding the foliage above them, because the sun is very warm and the effect of the nearby desert is felt."[1]
"'Gilgal is over there' says Jesus, pointing forward, to a group of white houses in the sunshine on a little hill to north-east. 'We are now close to the river.'"[2]
Its name
Guilgal - Gilgal designates a circle of stones like those of a fortified city. South of Jericho, near the mountain of fasting.
Where is it mentioned in the work?
GRM 387
GRM 540
More about this place
Place where Israel, at the end of its exodus, crosses the Jordan on dry land at the prayer of Joshua. Twelve stones, representing the twelve tribes of Israel, were set up there as a memorial.[3]
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