30. The other side. That is, on the west side of Jordan in the land of Canaan (see 3:20, 25).
Sun goeth down. A person standing on the east side of Jordan, across from Jericho, may see the sun set in the vicinity of the mountains Gerizim and Ebal, some 40 away.
Gilgal. The name thus translated may come from the verb “to roll.” It means a “wheel” or a “circle.” Some have thought that it may apply to a circle of stones connected with heathen worship. Gilgal near Jericho, here mentioned, was so named because the “reproach of Egypt” was “rolled” from the people at this place (Joshua 5:9-12).
Plains of Moreh. Literally, “beside the terebinths of Moreh” (see on Gen. 13:18; 18:1).