Posted on 08/02/2025 7:51:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
One of the things that the Arabs living in the Gaza Strip and along Israel’s eastern border with Jordan (aka “the West Bank”) routinely do is destroy anything ancient that the Earth periodically churns up. They do so because they know there’s a substantial likelihood that these archaeological finds are proof of the Bible’s historical authenticity and the Jews’ non-stop ties to the land over four millennia.
However, despite its location in the West Bank, the modern marauders haven’t destroyed the digs at what was once the ancient community of Shiloh, a thriving and important location at the time of the Judges (roughly the 15th to 11th centuries B.C.). And that’s a great thing because the Associates for Biblical Research believe that they might have found the location at Shiloh where the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant once stood.
For three centuries, Shiloh was Israel’s first holy center and capital, featuring prominently in both Joshua and Judges. It was the home of a stone tabernacle, inside of which was the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark, in turn, held the two tablets on which God had inscribed the Ten Commandments, Aaron’s rod, and a golden pot of manna.
After a particularly dispiriting loss during the Israelites’ war with the Philistines (around 1000 B.C.), the Israelites, looking ahead to the next battle, hoped that the Ark would be a spiritual shield against their implacable enemy, so they brought the Ark to the battlefield.
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... Archaeologists think they’ve found the spot at which the Tabernacle holding the Ark stood before the Israelites carted the Ark off to the battlefield. That’s because they found a major sacrificial spot immediately adjacent to a stone structure that shares the same measurements as those described in the Bible:
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Dr Scott Stripling, director of the Tel Shiloh dig, said: ‘We’ve uncovered a monumental building from the Iron I period that matches the biblical dimensions of the Tabernacle. The structure is oriented east-west and divided in a 2:1 ratio, just as described in scripture.’
Adding to the discovery, excavators have found over 100,000 animal bones, mostly from sheep, goats, and cattle, and predominantly from the right side of the animals, aligning with Leviticus 7, which states that the right side was reserved for priestly offerings.
‘This isn’t a coincidence,’ Dr Stripling told The Christian Broadcasting Network. ‘The evidence of sacrificial rituals here is overwhelming, and it matches the biblical account to a degree that’s hard to ignore.’
Pottery found among the bones dates back to the same period, reinforcing the site’s connection to the Tabernacle era, which the Bible says lasted nearly 400 years before the Temple was built in Jerusalem.
I know someone who is on this dig. I think he’s home now but he was there for about a year
Ark of the Covenant mystery blown wide open as 'biblical relic' is discovered
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