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Psalms 78:60
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist records God’s judicial withdrawal from Israel immediately after declaring His fury and rejection of the nation in the preceding verse.
The words — יִטּוֹשׁ (yi.tosh) means “he abandoned,” and מִשְׁכָּן (mishkan) denotes “tabernacle” or “dwelling place.”
The thread — Joshua 18:1 establishes Shiloh as the site where Israel first set up the Tent of Meeting, and Jeremiah 26:6 warns that Jerusalem’s temple will face the identical fate as that abandoned sanctuary.
Why it lands — It demands the recognition that physical sanctuaries and divine presence are not unconditional guarantees, and that covenant unfaithfulness results in the deliberate removal of God’s dwelling among a people.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men;
Cross-references
- Joshua 18:1 Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,
- 1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
- Jeremiah 26:6 then I will make this house like Shiloh, and I will make this city an object of cursing among all the nations of the earth.’”
- 1 Samuel 1:3 Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
- Jeremiah 7:12 But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.