JOSHUA—NOTE ON Joshua 18:1 That the assembly gathers before the tent of meeting, or tabernacle (see Exodus 27:21; Exodus 40:2), recalls Israel’s history under Moses. Shiloh serves as the central sanctuary that Israel was to establish in the land (Deuteronomy 12:10). Shiloh was likely destroyed following the battle of Ebenezer (1 Samuel 4:1; Jeremiah 26:6); it was replaced as central sanctuary by Jerusalem in King David’s time. Mention of the God of your fathers evokes God’s promise of land to the patriarchs (see note on Josh. 1:2). The Lord has fulfilled all his “good promises” (Joshua 21:45).

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