Judges 18:31

18:31 They worshiped Micah’s carved image the whole time God’s authorized shrine was in Shiloh.

Judges 19:18

19:18 The Levite said to him, “We are traveling from Bethlehem 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. But no one has invited me into their home.

Joshua 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. Though they had subdued the land,

Joel 1:14

1:14 Announce a holy fast;

proclaim a sacred assembly.

Gather the elders and 10  all the inhabitants of the land

to the temple of the Lord your God,

and cry out to the Lord.


tn Heb “they set up for themselves.”

tn Heb “the carved image that Micah had made.”

tn Heb “the house of God.”

tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Levite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

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.”

tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

tn Heb “and the land was subdued before them.”

tn Heb “consecrate a fast” (so NASB).

10 tc The conjunction “and” does not appear in MT or LXX, but does appear in some Qumran texts (4QXIIc and 4QXIIg).