A place, east of, but near Jordan, so called, because in the circumcising of the people, the Lord rolled away from off them the reproach of Egypt. They were henceforth marked off as distinct from all others. At Gilgal, too, was the camp of Israel, to which in all the wars they returned (Josh. 3:19; 4:10; Isa. 6; 10:43; 14:6), till the subjugation of the land was effected, and the tabernacle erected at Shiloh. From that time Gilgal ceased to be their rendezvous.