Places
Shiloh in Judges 21
SHY-loh
This place shows up in Judges 21:12: “They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Judges 21:12
“They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.”
What kids can learn
When you hear shiloh in Judges, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Judges 21:12 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Judges 21:12
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheyfoundamongtheofJabeshGileadfourhundredyoungvirgins,whohadnotmanbylyingwithhim;andtheybroughttothecamptoShiloh,whichisinthelandofCanaan.