Hakim-hakim 19:18

19:18 The Levite ¹  said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem ²  in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That’s where I’m from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I’m heading home. ³  But no one has invited me into their home.

Hakim-hakim 21:21

21:21 and keep your eyes open. ⁴  When you see ⁵  the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, ⁶  jump out from the vineyards. Each one of you, catch yourself a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh and then go home to the land of Benjamin.

Yosua 18:1

The Tribes Meet at Shiloh

18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. ⁷  Though they had subdued the land, ⁸ 

Yosua 18:1

The Tribes Meet at Shiloh

18:1 The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. ⁹  Though they had subdued the land, ¹⁰ 

1 Samuel 1:3

1:3 Year after year ¹¹  this man would go up from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh. It was there that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, served as the Lord’s priests.

1 Samuel 4:4

4:4 So the army ¹²  sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

Yeremia 7:12

7:12 So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped ¹³  in the early days. See what I did to it ¹⁴  because of the wicked things my people Israel did.

[19:18]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:18]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[19:18]  ³ tn Heb “I went to Bethlehem in Judah, but [to] the house of the LORD I am going.” The Hebrew text has “house of the LORD,” which might refer to the shrine at Shiloh. The LXX reads “to my house.”

[21:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “and look.”

[21:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “and look, when.”

[21:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the dances.”

[18:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

[18:1]  sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.

[18:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”

[18:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

[18:1]  sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.

[18:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”

[1:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “from days to days.”

[4:4]  ¹² tn Or “people.”

[7:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “where I caused my name to dwell.” The translation does not adequately represent the theology of the Lord’s deliberate identification with a place where he chose to manifest his presence and desired to be worshiped (cf. Exod 20:25; Deut 16:2, 6, 11).

[7:12]  ¹⁴ sn The place in Shiloh…see what I did to it. This refers to the destruction of Shiloh by the Philistines circa 1050 b.c. (cf. Ps 78:60). The destruction of Shiloh is pertinent to the argument. The presence of the tabernacle and ark of the covenant did not prevent Shiloh from being destroyed when Israel sinned. The people of Israel used the ark as a magic charm but it did not prevent them from being defeated or the ark being captured (1 Sam 4:3, 11, 21-22).