DAY 86 Read Joshua 15:20 through chapter 18.
Today's reading continues the description of tribal boundaries. In the midst of this territorial business we find a brief mention of setting up the tabernacle in a permanent location.
Memory gem: "The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there" (Joshua 18:1).
Thought for today:
"Heretofore Gilgal had been the headquarters of the nation and the seat of the tabernacle. But now the tabernacle was to be removed to the place chosen for its permanent location. This was Shiloh, a little town in the lot of Ephraim. It was near the center of the land, and was easy to access to all the tribes. Here a portion of country had been thoroughly subdued, so that the worshipers would not be molested. 'And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there.' The tribes that were still encamped when the tabernacle was removed from Gilgal followed it, and pitched near Shiloh. Here these tribes remained until they dispersed to their possessions.
"The ark remained at Shiloh for three hundred years, until, because of the sins of Eli's house, it fell into the hands of the Philistines, and Shiloh was ruined. The ark was never returned to the tabernacle here, the sanctuary service was finally transferred to the temple at Jerusalem, and Shiloh fell into insignificance. There are only ruins to mark the spot where it once stood. Long afterwards its fate was made use of as a warning to Jerusalem, "Go ye now unto my place which was Shiloh,' the Lord declared by the prophet Jeremaiah, 'where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel....Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers as I have done to Shiloh.' Jeremiah 7:12-14."--Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 514, 515.
Today's reading continues the description of tribal boundaries. In the midst of this territorial business we find a brief mention of setting up the tabernacle in a permanent location.
Memory gem: "The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there" (Joshua 18:1).
Thought for today:
"Heretofore Gilgal had been the headquarters of the nation and the seat of the tabernacle. But now the tabernacle was to be removed to the place chosen for its permanent location. This was Shiloh, a little town in the lot of Ephraim. It was near the center of the land, and was easy to access to all the tribes. Here a portion of country had been thoroughly subdued, so that the worshipers would not be molested. 'And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there.' The tribes that were still encamped when the tabernacle was removed from Gilgal followed it, and pitched near Shiloh. Here these tribes remained until they dispersed to their possessions.
"The ark remained at Shiloh for three hundred years, until, because of the sins of Eli's house, it fell into the hands of the Philistines, and Shiloh was ruined. The ark was never returned to the tabernacle here, the sanctuary service was finally transferred to the temple at Jerusalem, and Shiloh fell into insignificance. There are only ruins to mark the spot where it once stood. Long afterwards its fate was made use of as a warning to Jerusalem, "Go ye now unto my place which was Shiloh,' the Lord declared by the prophet Jeremaiah, 'where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel....Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers as I have done to Shiloh.' Jeremiah 7:12-14."--Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 514, 515.
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