Verse 3

This man would go up from his city year after year to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies at Shiloh.(It was there that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, served as the LORD’s priests.)

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:14 : 14 “Three times in the year you must make a pilgrim feast to me.
  • Deut 12:5-7 : 5 But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there. 6 And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. 7 Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.
  • Josh 18:1 : 1 The Tribes Meet at Shiloh The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land,
  • Luke 2:41 : 41 Jesus in the Temple Now Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem every year for the Feast of the Passover.
  • Exod 34:23 : 23 At three times in the year all your men must appear before the Sovereign LORD, the God of Israel.
  • Deut 16:16 : 16 Three times a year all your males must appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses for the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Shelters; and they must not appear before him empty-handed.
  • 1 Sam 1:9 : 9 So Hannah got up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. At the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair by the doorpost of the LORD’s sanctuary.
  • 1 Sam 1:21 : 21 Then the man Elkanah and all his family went up to make the yearly sacrifice to the LORD and to keep his vow.
  • 1 Sam 2:12-17 : 12 But the sons of Eli were wicked men. They did not acknowledge the LORD’s authority. 13 This was the priests’ routine with the people. Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand, just as the meat was boiling. 14 He would jab it into the basin, kettle, cauldron, or pot. Everything that the fork would bring up the priest would take for himself. This is how they used to treat all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh. 15 Also, before they burned the fat the priest’s attendant would come and say to the person who was making the sacrifice,“Give some meat for the priest to roast! He won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.” 16 If the individual said to him,“They should certainly burn the fat away first, then take for yourself whatever you wish,” he would say,“No! Give it now! If not, I’ll take it by force!” 17 The sin of these young men was very great in the LORD’s sight, for they treated the LORD’s offering with contempt.
  • 1 Sam 2:34 : 34 This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!
  • 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.
  • 1 Sam 4:4 : 4 So the army sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
  • 1 Sam 4:11 : 11 The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.
  • 1 Sam 4:17-18 : 17 The messenger replied,“Israel has fled from the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!” 18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.
  • Ps 78:60 : 60 He abandoned the sanctuary at Shiloh, the tent where he lived among men.
  • Jer 7:12-14 : 12 So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped in the early days. See what I did to it because of the wicked things my people Israel did. 13 You also have done all these things, says the LORD, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent! 14 So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, just like I destroyed Shiloh.
  • Judg 18:31 : 31 They worshiped Micah’s carved image the whole time God’s authorized shrine was in Shiloh.
  • Deut 12:11-14 : 11 Then you must come to the place the LORD your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you– your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him. 12 You shall rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages(since they have no allotment or inheritance with you). 13 Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish, 14 for you may do so only in the place the LORD chooses in one of your tribal areas– there you may do everything I am commanding you.
  • Exod 23:17 : 17 At three times in the year all your males will appear before the Sovereign LORD.