Joshua 10:43 Meaning and Explanation
“And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.”
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What Does Joshua 10:43 Mean?
The chapter closes as the day of battle had been summarized, with Joshua and all Israel returning to the camp at Gilgal. Gilgal was the place of covenant and remembrance, where Israel had set up stones from the Jordan crossing. After the great southern campaign, the people come home to that sacred ground.
The return to Gilgal frames the whole chapter between the camp they left and the camp to which they come back. However far the work takes them, the people are drawn home to the place of covenant. There they remember that all they have accomplished was the Lord's doing, and there they prepare for whatever He calls them to next. Rest and remembrance, not restlessness, mark the close of a faithful day.
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What does Joshua 10:43 mean?
Joshua and all Israel return once more to the camp at Gilgal.