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Place

Shiloh

Early Israelite sanctuary where the tabernacle is set up.

tabernacle site7 Bible books19 chapters32 verse appearances

What and where is this?

Town in the hill country of Ephraim where sets up the tabernacle and divides the remaining tribal allotments by lot. It serves as Israel's central sanctuary throughout the period of the judges, the home of Eli and the young , and the place from which the ark is carried out to be captured by the Philistines at the battle of . Psalm 78 and later invoke its abandonment as a warning to .

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Modern location: Khirbet Seilun. Coordinates from OpenBible.info.

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