Joshua 5:9

Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.

Note Gilgal sounds like the Hebrew for roll.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.

Note Gilgal: that is Rolling

KJV · King James Version

The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal to this day.

Note “Gilgal” sounds like the Hebrew for “roll.”

WEB · World English Bible

And Jehovah said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, unto this day.

ASV · American Standard Version

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Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

I rolled away: Joshua 24:14; Genesis 34:14; Leviticus 24:14; 1 Samuel 14:6; 1 Samuel 17:26, 36; Psalm 119:39; Jeremiah 9:25; Ezekiel 20:7, 8; Ezekiel 23:3, 8; Ephesians 2:11, 12
Gilgal: That is, rolling.; Joshua 4:19