Kommentar zu Jehoschua 18:1
וַיִּקָּ֨הֲל֜וּ כָּל־עֲדַ֤ת בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ שִׁלֹ֔ה וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ינוּ שָׁ֖ם אֶת־אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֑ד וְהָאָ֥רֶץ נִכְבְּשָׁ֖ה לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃
Es versammelte sich die ganze Gemeinde der Kinder Israel in Silo und stellte dort das Stiftszelt auf; das Land war unterworfen vor ihnen.
Rashi on Joshua
And there they made a dwelling place for the Tent of Meeting. [This refers to the Tent of Meeting] that they had constructed in the wilderness.1Since Scripture does not identify the Tent of Meeting, Rashi explains that it is the same one they had constructed in the wilderness. It did not have a roof, but it was a stone structure on the bottom and was covered with curtains above.2Zevachim 24b. During the fourteen years since they entered Eretz Yisroel, the Mishkan remained at Gilgal. They had been too occupied with conquering and dividing the land to establish a permanent dwelling place for the Tent of Meeting. Once they began settling in the land, they established a House of God. The walls of the House were made of stone, and instead of a roof it was covered with curtains of cloth and skins, as it had been when it was constructed in the wilderness. This we learned in Maseches Zevachim.
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Rashi on Joshua
And the land had been conquered before them. Once the Mishkon was established, it became easier for them to conquer the land.3The land had actually not been conquered at that point in time, but even though the conquest had not been completed, they had faith that in the merit of the Mishkan, they would be blessed with continued victory in the remaining battles of conquest.
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