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the one, as much as the other, conceived that 

 the Israelites had summoned to their aid a 

 powerful ally in " these (or this) mighty Elohim " 

 elsewhere called Jahve-Sabaoth, the Jahveh of 

 Hosts. If the " temple " at Shiloh was the 

 pentateuchal tabernacle, as is suggested by the 

 name of " tent of meeting " given to it in 

 1 Samuel ii. 22, it was essentially a large tent, 

 though constituted of very expensive and ornate 

 materials ; if, on the other hand, it was a different 

 edifice, there can be little doubt that this " house 

 of Jahveh " was built on the model of an ordinary 

 house of the time. But there is not the slightest 

 evidence that, during the reign of Saul, any 

 greater importance attached to this seat of the 

 cult of Jahveh than to others. Sanctuaries, and 

 " high places " for sacrifice, were scattered all 

 over the country from Dan to Beersheba. And, 

 as Samuel is said to have gone up to one of these 

 high places to bless the sacrifice, it may be taken 

 for tolerably certain that he knew nothing of 

 the Levitical laws which severely condemn the 

 high places and those who sacrifice away from 

 the sanctuary hallowed by the presence of the 

 ark. 



There is no evidence that, during the time 

 of the Judges and of Samuel, any one occupied 

 the position of the high priest of later days. 

 And persons who were neither priests nor Levites 

 sacrificed and divined or " inquired of Jahveh," 



