ii. During the conquest of Canaan it was, probably, moved from

place to place, wherever the host of Israel was encamped.

iii. Afterwards it was brought to _Shiloh_ (Josh. ix. 27; xviii. 1; xix. 51), on account, doubtless, of its secluded and central position, and as being within the territory of the powerful tribe of Ephraim, to which Joshua belonged, and here it remained during the entire period of the Judges (comp. Josh. xix. 51; xxii. 12; Judg. xxi. 21).