Limitless Word
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
Joshua 10:43 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
  • BSB Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
  • NKJV Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.
  • NASB So 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.

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org

Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Quick answer

Joshua and all Israel return to their camp at Gilgal. The southern campaign concludes with a return to base.

Overview

Having completed the conquest of the south, Israel withdraws once more to Gilgal. The return marks the close of one phase before the northern campaign begins. Gilgal remains the center to which God's people come back in rest after His victories.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 3

  • Josh 10:15And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
  • Josh 4:19And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
  • 1 Sam 11:14Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (2)

Resources, by level

Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Joshua videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Joshua 10:43YouTube · Lay · Free

    Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.

  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on JoshuaMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

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.

How Joshua 10:43 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.