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The developments in the structure of the Tabernacle mirror the national story of the people of Israel through the process of settling in the land. Throughout the wilderness, the Tabernacle was an exclusively temporary affair that reflected that condition. Entering the land and embarking on the wars of conquest unleashed a transitional period of national flux, reflected in the life of the tent-like Tabernacle by the temporary suspension of the ban on sacrifices at the high places. Eventually, after Joshua completed the initial wars of conquest, the Tabernacle was established at Shilo, but this time as a sanctuary taking on the trappings of permanence. The tent-like, temporary cover was preserved, but the walls were fashioned out of stone to indicate that the people of Israel had succeeded in entering the land and had started to put down roots in its rocky slopes. <\/span><\/p>\n

Historically, the period of Shilo corresponds to the rule of the judges, a provisional era in which central authority was weak, external threats were myriad, and tribal unity was still unrealized. After the Tabernacle at Shilo was destroyed by the Philistines, the high places returned to vogue, as if to highlight the provisional character of the era as well as its dangerous instability. It was David who finally succeeded in both unifying the tribes and neutralizing their enemies, eventually founding the national capital at Jerusalem and initiating the process of building the Temple. <\/span><\/p>\n

As Solomon built that edifice, the prolonged odyssey of the people of Israel finally came to an end. <\/span><\/p>\n

The national stability, unity, security, and cultural ascendancy that Israel enjoyed during the brief period of his reign corresponded to the building of the Temple, a building that was structurally permanent in every sense of the term. Again, the fortunes of the people were mirrored by the architectural form of their holy place. The critical principle is this: Whenever there is acute national instability, the Ark is in one geographic location while the rest of the Tabernacle is elsewhere. And whenever there is prolonged physical separation between the Ark and the Tabernacle, the high places are permitted. <\/span><\/p>\n

As the expression of God’s abode on earth among the people of Israel, the fortunes of the Ark and the Tabernacle ought to reflect the travails and triumphs of the Jewish nation. As surely as God’s presence is among them and His concern is never far removed, the Tabernacle\/Temple and its precious Ark mirror their destiny. <\/span><\/p>\n

Joshua: The Challenge of the Promised Land <\/span><\/i>(Jerusalem: Koren, 2015); <\/span>Chapter: \u201cThe Tabernacle at Shilo\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Image: Tel Shiloh, by Beit Hashalom, 2008 \/ wikimedia<\/span><\/p>\n

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