Study it in the app“And they said, “Look, there is the feast of YHWH in Shiloh from year to year, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.””
And they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Look,הִנֵּהthere is the feastחַגof YHWHיְהוָהin Shilohבְּשִׁלוֹfrom yearמִיָּמִיםto year,יָמִימָהwhichאֲשֶׁרis northמִצְּפוֹנָהof Bethel,לְבֵית אֵלon the eastמִזְרְחָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁof the highwayלִמְסִלָּהthat goes upהָעֹלָהfrom Bethelמִבֵּית אֵלto Shechem,שְׁכֶמָהand southוּמִנֶּגֶבof Lebonah.”לִלְבוֹנָה
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsfestival
Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.
Where else “chag” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsShiloh
See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsnorth
North.
Where else “tsefona” appearsBethel
See it on the mapWhere else “vet” appearseast
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appearseast
The side from which the sun rises each morning; the east.
Where else “shemesh” appearshighway
Highway: a main road, raised and leveled.
Where else “mesila” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ola” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechema” appearssouth
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negev” appearsLebonah
Lebonah, a place near Shiloh. The name means "frankincense."
Where else “levona” appears1Shiloh
Today: Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh), West Bank
A town in the hills of Ephraim, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Jerusalem.
The tabernacle stood there in the days of Joshua and Eli (Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 1:3). Hannah prayed there, and Samuel was born (1 Sam 1:9-20).
2Bethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
3Shechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
18But we cannot give them wives from our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, ‘Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’”
19 · This verse (above)
20And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in ambush in the vineyards,
