Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? (Deuteronomy 11:30)
That is, on the west side of Jordan in the land of Canaan (see ch. 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 mi. 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).