Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
Parallel translations
- WEB Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
- KJV And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
- BSB Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
- NASB Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal.
- NLT Then Joshua and the Israelite army returned to their camp at Gilgal.
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Quick answer
Joshua and all Israel return to their camp at Gilgal. This note marks a pause in the campaign narrative.
Overview
After the great victory, Israel withdraws to its base at Gilgal, where the cross-referenced summary anticipates the campaign's completion. Some read this as a forward summary statement later expanded, since the account of the kings continues. Either way, Gilgal remains the place of rest and renewal from which God's people go out and to which they return in His strength.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Josh 10:43Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
- Josh 10:6The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us.”
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Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.
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