Of more significance, given the writer’s purposes, is the fundamental unfamiliarity implied in the precise description of the location of both the festival and Shiloh (notes on 21:12). On one level, such an unfamiliarity stems from the fact that Shiloh has not yet gained the importance associated with it later (1 Sam. 1–4). On another level, however, the need for explanations and directions insinuates that the people of Israel during the time of these events pay far too little attention to things