For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they didn't listen to the voice of Yahweh: to whom Yahweh swore that he wouldn't let them see the land which Yahweh swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
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.