Their children, whom he raised up in their place, them did Joshua circumcise: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
There are several interesting facts about the Gilgal mentioned in  Joshua 5:9.  The usual explanation makes the name a derivative from "circle of stones," the alleged meaning; but the passage here gives another derivation, and we believe that preference belongs here.  Although, "the exact location of it is not known,"[17] Josephus confidently affirmed that it was located 10 furlongs (about 6,600 feet)[18] from Jericho.