Reference: Shittim
Easton
acacias, also called "Abel-shittim" (Nu 33:49), a plain or valley in the land of Moab where the Israelites were encamped after their two victories over Sihon and Og, at the close of their desert wanderings, and from which Joshua sent forth two spies (q.v.) "secretly" to "view" the land and Jericho (Jos 2:1).
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They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Acacia Meadows on the plains of Moab.
Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from Acacia Grove, saying, "Go and scout the land, especially Jericho." So they left, and they came to the house of a woman, a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.
Fausets
(See SHITTAH; ABEL SHITTIM.)
Hastings
1. The name of the last encampment of the Israelites, on the east of the Jordan opposite Jericho. There the Israelites began to intermarry with Moabites (Nu 25:1 ff.), and from there Joshua sent out the spies to Jericho (Jos 2:1; 3:1). The name means 'acacias,' and the place is called in Nu 33:49 Abel-shittim, or 'Meadow of acacias.' Josephus (Ant. IV. viii. 1, v. i. 1) identifies the place with Abila, which he says is 7/2 Roman miles east of the Jordan, and which Jerome says was 6 miles east of it. Several modern scholars identify Abila with Khirbet Kefr
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While Israel was staying in Acacia Grove, the people began to have sexual relations with the women of Moab.
They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Acacia Meadows on the plains of Moab.
Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from Acacia Grove, saying, "Go and scout the land, especially Jericho." So they left, and they came to the house of a woman, a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.
Joshua started early the next morning and left Acacia Grove with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan and stayed there before crossing.
Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple and there was water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the temple faced east. The water was coming down from under the south side [of the threshold] of the temple, south of the altar.
In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will flow with water, and a spring will issue from the Lord's house, watering the Valley of Acacias.
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and [what happened] from Acacia Grove to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord's righteous acts.
Morish
Shit'tim
Plain on the east of the Jordan, where the Israelites encamped before they crossed the Jordan. The name signifies 'acacias.' Nu 25:1; Jos 2:1; 3:1; Joe 3:18; Mic 6:5. In Nu 33:49 it is called ABEL-SHITTIM, q.v.
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While Israel was staying in Acacia Grove, the people began to have sexual relations with the women of Moab.
They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Acacia Meadows on the plains of Moab.
Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from Acacia Grove, saying, "Go and scout the land, especially Jericho." So they left, and they came to the house of a woman, a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.
Joshua started early the next morning and left Acacia Grove with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan and stayed there before crossing.
In that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will flow with water, and a spring will issue from the Lord's house, watering the Valley of Acacias.
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and [what happened] from Acacia Grove to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord's righteous acts.
Smith
Shit'tim
(the acacias), the place of Israel's encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic highlands and the passage of the Jordan.
Nu 25:1; 33:49; Jos 2:1; 3:1; Mic 6:5
Its full name appears to be given in the first of these passage --Abel has-Shittim, "the meadow, or moist place, of the acacias." it was "in the Arboth-moab, by Jordan-Jericho," (Numb 22:1; 26:3; 31:12; 33:48,49 that is to say, it was in the Arabah or Jordan valley, opposite Jericho.
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The Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan across from Jericho.
While Israel was staying in Acacia Grove, the people began to have sexual relations with the women of Moab.
So Moses and Eleazar the priest said to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho,
They brought the prisoners, animals, and spoils of war to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the Israelite community at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho.
They departed from the Abarim [range] and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan [across from] Jericho. They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Acacia Meadows on the plains of Moab.
They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to Acacia Meadows on the plains of Moab.
Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from Acacia Grove, saying, "Go and scout the land, especially Jericho." So they left, and they came to the house of a woman, a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.
Joshua started early the next morning and left Acacia Grove with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan and stayed there before crossing.
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and [what happened] from Acacia Grove to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the Lord's righteous acts.
Watsons
SHITTIM, SITTIM, SITTAH, ????, ???, 25/5/type/HCSB'>Ex 25:5,10/type/HCSB'>10,13,23,28/type/HCSB'>28; 6/type/HCSB'>6/26/type/HCSB'>6/type/HCSB'>26/type/HCSB'>6:26/type/HCSB'>6,32,37; 27:1,6/type/HCSB'>6; 30:5; 35:7,4/type/HCSB'>24; 36/type/HCSB'>6:20,31,36/type/HCSB'>6; 37:1,4,10/type/HCSB'>10,15,25,28/type/HCSB'>28; 38:1,6/type/HCSB'>6; De 10:3; Isa 41:19. What particular species of wood this is, interpreters are not agreed. The LXX render ?????? ????, incorruptible wood. St. Jerom says, the shittim wood grows in the deserts of Arabia, and is like white thorn, as to its colour and leaves: but the tree is so large as to furnish very long planks. The wood is hard, tough, smooth, and extremely beautiful. It is thought that this wood is the black acacia, because that, it is said, is the most common tree growing in the deserts of Arabia; and agrees with what the Scriptures say of the shittim wood. The acacia vera grows abundantly in Egypt, in places far from the sea; in the mountains of Sinai, near the Red Sea, and in the deserts. It is of the size of a large mulberry tree. The spreading branches and larger limbs are armed with thorns which grow three together; the bark is rough; the leaves are oblong, and stand opposite each other; the flowers, though sometimes white, are generally of a bright yellow; and the fruit, which resembles a bean, is contained in pods like those of the lupin. "The acacia tree," says Dr. Shaw, "being by much the largest and most common tree in these deserts, Arabia Petraea, we have some reason to conjecture, that the shittim wood was the wood of the acacia; especially as its flowers are of an excellent smell, for the shittah tree is, in Isa 41:19, joined with the myrtle and other fragrant shrubs."
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ram skins dyed red and manatee skins; acacia wood;
"They are to make an ark of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
"You are to construct a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold so that the table can be carried by them.
"You are to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the planks on one side of the tabernacle,
Hang it on four gold-plated posts of acacia wood that have gold hooks [and that stand] on four silver bases.
Make five posts of acacia wood for the screen and overlay them with gold; their hooks are to be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.
"You are to construct the altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, seven and a half feet long, and seven and a half feet wide; it must be four and a half feet high.
Then make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
ram skins dyed red and manatee skins; acacia wood;
Everyone who offered a contribution of silver or bronze brought it to the Lord. Everyone who possessed acacia wood useful for any task in the work brought [it].
He made five crossbars of acacia wood for the planks on one side of the tabernacle,
For it he made four posts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold. And he cast four silver bases for the posts.
Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
He constructed the table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
He made the poles for carrying the table from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide; it was 36 inches high. Its horns were of one piece.
Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, seven and a half feet long and seven and a half feet wide, and was four and a half feet high.
He also made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
So I made an ark of acacia wood, cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and climbed the mountain with the two tablets in my hand.
I will plant cedars in the desert, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will put cypress trees in the desert, elms and box trees together,
I will plant cedars in the desert, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will put cypress trees in the desert, elms and box trees together,