181 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
181 The whole assembly of the Israelites gathered at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The country was brought under their control,
181 Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
181 Then the entire congregation of the People of Israel got together at Shiloh. They put up the Tent of Meeting.
181 Now the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of meeting there. And the land was subdued before them.
181 Now that the land was under Israelite control, the entire community of Israel gathered at Shiloh and set up the Tabernacle.
31 And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
31 They continued to use the idol Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh.
31 So they set up Micah's carved image that he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh.
31 All during the time that there was a sanctuary of God in Shiloh, they kept for their private use the god-figure that Micah had made.
31 So they set up for themselves Micah's carved image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
31 So Micah's carved image was worshiped by the tribe of Dan as long as the Tabernacle of God remained at Shiloh.
The Danites seek to enlarge their inheritance, and rob Micah.
The Danites determined to take Micah's gods with them. Oh the folly of these Danites! How could they imagine those gods should protect them, that could not keep themselves from being stolen! To take them for their own use, was a double crime; it showed they neither feared God, nor regarded man, but were lost both to godliness and honesty. What a folly was it for Micah to call those his gods, which he had made, when He only is to be worshipped by us as God, that made us! That is put in God's place, which we are concerned about, as if our all were bound up in it. If people will walk in the name of their false gods, much more should we love and serve the true God!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 18:1
Commentary on Joshua 18:1
(Read Joshua 18:1)
Shiloh was in the lot of Ephraim, the tribe to which Joshua belonged, and it was proper that the tabernacle should be near the residence of the chief governor. The name of this city is the same as that by which Jacob prophesied of the Messiah, Genesis 49:10. It is supposed by some that the city was thus called, when it was chosen for the resting-place of the ark, which typified our great Peace-maker, and the way by him to a reconciled God.