Archaeologists Find Shiloh Altar Used During Temple Era

Arheolozi su pronašli u Shilohu oltar koji se upotrebljavao u "Temple era" ( vrijeme hrama). 

By: Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu Photo Credit: Ancient Shiloh.

Published: November 20th, 2013

The stone altar above may have been used for sacrificial offerings in ancient Shiloh long after the time of the Tabernacle.

A dramatic discovery at the ancient site of Shiloh, located in Samaria, provides the first–ever evidence that it continued to be a religious center after it was destroyed by the Philistines and Jews returned to the city, home of the Tabernacle. The altar is thought to have been used to offer sacrifices even after the First Temple was built in Jerusalem. The stone from the Iron Age, coinciding with the period of the first kings of Israel, was found in a wall built later in the Byzantine period.

Dramatično otkriće u  Shilohu, u Samariji,  je donijelo  prvu-ikada nađenu potvrdu da je  Shiloh nastavilo biti  religiozni centar i nakon što je  bio razoren od Filistejaca te  da su se Židovi vratili u  svoj grad,  u mjesto gdje je sjedište Tabernakula (Tabernakul je podignuti nakon što su Židovi došli u Izrael  iz Egipta i 4o godišnjeg boravka na Sinaju, prema Talmudu Tabernakul je bio u Shilohu 369  godina) . Misli da se taj  oltar upotrebljavao kao žrtvenik i nakon gradnje Prvog hrama u Jeruzalemu. Kamen je iz željeznog doba,  što odgovara  dobu  prvog kralja u Izraelu, a nađen je u zidu koji je izgrađen kasnije,  u vrijeme Bizanta.

 Vjeruje se da su Bizantinci   pomaknuli kamen sa prvobitnog položaja,  koji je možda bio na mjestu gdje i Tabernakul. Postoje razne teorije i tome da li je oltar bio na južnoj ili sjevernoj strani. Avital Faleh misli da je to bila južna strana. Mjere kamena su  dva puta dvije "stope" i gotovo 16 inča visine. Pronađeni su  oltari za žrtvovanje  u vrijeme I. hrama i na drugim mjestima u Izraelu i bili su gotovo jednaki.

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Shiloh was the most significant religious center for Israel before the Philistines destroyed it. The Jewish people offered mandatory sacrifices, and it was there that lots were cast for tribal areas and the cities of the Levites

Joshua 18:1 states, “The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh and erected there the Tent of Assembly, and the land was conquered before them.” The Tabernacle remained at Shiloh for 369 years, according to the Talmud.

The Philistines went to war against the Jews, destroyed the city, and captured the Holy Ark. The Tabernacle probably had been removed before the end of the war but was not used when sacrificial offerings were later offered at two other places, Nov and Gideon, until King Solomon built the First Temple.

However, it took years before Jewish communities, especially Shiloh that was the home of the first sacrifices Israel, adjusted to the cultural and religious change.