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33.TheJourneyto Gilgal
The day Moses looked over the land of Canaan
On top of Mount Pisgah,
He went back to his fathers.
The cries ofthe Israelites filled the heavens.
On the first mission
Of crossing the overflowing Jordan River,
The mind of Joshua cowered.
This was God's plan
To raise him up greatly like Moses.
The moment the priests put their feet into the
river,
It stopped flowing at once.
The twelve stones on the bottom
Became a monument to the Lord's great work.
By the circumcision performed at Gilgal,
The reproaches of Egypt rolled away.
The Passover Feast that was celebrated on the
plains of Jericho
Became a song of victory that proclaimed the
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