GELILOTH of Jordan. Some believe this to be a place beyond Jordan, where the Tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the Half-Tribe of Manasseh erected a monument, to serve as a proof of their relation to the other Tribes, which were settled on this side of In the year of the World 2560, before J. C. 1440, before the Vulgar Æra 1444. Antiq. lib. viii. 8, 9.this River. Others translate Geliloth, the circuits, or roundings, the limits or hills about Jordan; Tumuli Jordanis. In Joshua xviii. 18. we find Geliloth, whereby Gilgal, or the Eminences which are about Gilgal, are signified. In the Vulgate, Pertransit usque ad tumulos.
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