So that He forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, The tent He had placed among men,
Parallel translations
- WEB So that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
- KJV So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
- BSB He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
- NASB So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, The tent which He had pitched among people,
- NLT Then he abandoned his dwelling at Shiloh, the Tabernacle where he had lived among the people.
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God abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh where He had dwelt. His presence departed in judgment.
Overview
God 'abandoned the tent of Shiloh,' the longtime site of the tabernacle, withdrawing His manifest presence. This refers to the disaster of 1 Samuel 4, when the ark was lost. The departure of God's dwelling among rebellious people foreshadows the longing fulfilled when God dwells with us in Christ, Immanuel.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Josh 18:1The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the Tent of Meeting there. The land was subdued before them.
- 1 Sam 4:4–11So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- Jer 26:6–9then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.”’”
- Jer 7:12–14“But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
- 1 Sam 1:3This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
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