Joshua 10:43

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.

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הַגִּלְגָּֽלָה

Gilgâl

H1537

“the · Gilgal · toward”

Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Proper + Suffix, Demonstrative

Appears 41× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Deuteronomy 11:30

Full BDB Definition

Origin: the same as H1536

TWOT: None

Gilgal = "a wheel, rolling" - the first site of an Israelite camp west of the Jordan, east of Jericho, here Samuel was judge, and Saul was made king; later used for illicit worship - dwelling place of prophets in northern Israel about four miles - a region conquered by Joshua, site unsure

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

8: words
8: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

הַגִּלְגָּֽלָה Gilgal H1537 occurs in 39 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

1 verb
5 nouns
2 prepositions

Verb forms

וַיָּ֤שָׁב Qal · Sequential Imperfect

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Joshua 10:43 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

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

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Joshua 10:43 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וַיָּ֤שָׁב יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל עִמּ֔וֹ אֶל הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה הַגִּלְגָּֽלָה

Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from a public-domain English Septuagint. How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)

וְתַב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵל עִמֵיהּ לְמַשְׁרִיתָא לְגִלְגָלָא:

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Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Joshua 10:43 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

10:43 Joshua and his army were free to return to their camp at Gilgal in the Jordan Valley and turn their thoughts to the northern region of Canaan.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Where the ark was, there to give thanks for their victories.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(43) The camp to Gilgal.—A central position, with Jordan and the conquered territory of the two and a half tribes in the rear.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

43. unto the camp to Gilgal] See note above on Jos_10:15.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

43. All Israel — All who had served in this campaign.

Gilgal — The old camp in the Jordan valley. See note on Jos_9:6; also Jos_10:9. The transfer of this statement to Jos_10:15 shows the passage in Jos_10:12-15 to be an interpolation.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Unto the camp at Gilgal. See note, Jos_9:6 Jos_10:15 confirms the view taken in Jos_9:6.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Joshua, in the Historical, opens this verse with 8 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is Gilgâl (“Gilgal”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

How does “Gilgal” (Gilgâl) shape what this verse is saying?
Deuteronomy 11:30 shares the word «Gilgal» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
The verb «וַיָּ֤שָׁב» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Tyndale Open Study Notes and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?