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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And they will encamp by Jordan, from the house of Jesimoth, to the meadow of acacias in the desert of Moab.
And Joshua son of Nun will send out of Shittim two men spying silently, saying, Go see the land and Jericho. And they will go, and will come to the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name Rahab; and they will lie 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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And Israel will dwell in Shittim, and the people will begin to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.
And they will encamp by Jordan, from the house of Jesimoth, to the meadow of acacias in the desert of Moab.
And Joshua son of Nun will send out of Shittim two men spying silently, saying, Go see the land and Jericho. And they will go, and will come to the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name Rahab; and they will lie there.
And Joshua will rise early in the morning; and they will remove from Shittim and they will come even to Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they will pass the night there before they will pass over.
And he will turn me back to the door of the house; and behold, waters coming forth from under the threshold of the house to the east: for the face of the house eastward, and the waters coming down from under from the right shoulder of the house, from the south to the altar.
And it was in that day the mountains shall drop new wine, and the hills shall flow milk, and all the channels of Judah shall flow waters, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and it watered the valley of acacias.
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him from the acacias even to Gilgal; in order to know the justice of Jehovah.
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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And Israel will dwell in Shittim, and the people will begin to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.
And they will encamp by Jordan, from the house of Jesimoth, to the meadow of acacias in the desert of Moab.
And Joshua son of Nun will send out of Shittim two men spying silently, saying, Go see the land and Jericho. And they will go, and will come to the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name Rahab; and they will lie there.
And Joshua will rise early in the morning; and they will remove from Shittim and they will come even to Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they will pass the night there before they will pass over.
And it was in that day the mountains shall drop new wine, and the hills shall flow milk, and all the channels of Judah shall flow waters, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and it watered the valley of acacias.
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him from the acacias even to Gilgal; in order to know the justice of Jehovah.
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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And the sons of Israel will remove and will encamp in the deserts of Moab, from the other side of Jordan at Jericho.
And Israel will dwell in Shittim, and the people will begin to commit fornication with the daughters of Moab.
And Moses will speak, and Eleazar the priest, with them in the desert of Moab of Jericho, saying,
And they will bring to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to the assembly of the sons of Israel, the captivity and the spoil and the plunder, to the camp to the desert of Moab, which is by Jordan of Jericho.
And they will remove from the mountains of Abarim, and encamp in the desert of Moab by Jordan of Jericho. And they will encamp by Jordan, from the house of Jesimoth, to the meadow of acacias in the desert of Moab.
And they will encamp by Jordan, from the house of Jesimoth, to the meadow of acacias in the desert of Moab.
And Joshua son of Nun will send out of Shittim two men spying silently, saying, Go see the land and Jericho. And they will go, and will come to the house of a woman, a harlot, and her name Rahab; and they will lie there.
And Joshua will rise early in the morning; and they will remove from Shittim and they will come even to Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they will pass the night there before they will pass over.
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him from the acacias even to Gilgal; in order to know the justice of Jehovah.
Watsons
SHITTIM, SITTIM, SITTAH, ????, ???, 25/5/type/juliasmith'>Ex 25:5,10/type/juliasmith'>10,13,23,28/type/juliasmith'>28; 6/type/juliasmith'>6/26/type/juliasmith'>6/type/juliasmith'>26/type/juliasmith'>6:26/type/juliasmith'>6,32,37; 27:1,6/type/juliasmith'>6; 30:5; 35:7,4/type/juliasmith'>24; 36/type/juliasmith'>6:20,31,36/type/juliasmith'>6; 37:1,4,10/type/juliasmith'>10,15,25,28/type/juliasmith'>28; 38:1,6/type/juliasmith'>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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And skins of rams made red, and tahash skins, and acacia wood;
And make ye an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height
And make bars of acacia wood, and spread over them gold.
And make a table of acacia wood; two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height
And make the bars of acacia wood, and spread over them gold, and lift up with them the table.
And make bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one rib of the tent
And give it upon four acacia pillars spread over with gold: their pegs of gold upon four silver bases.
And make for the covering five acacia pillars, and spread them over with gold, their pegs gold: and cast for them five bases of brass.
And make the altar acacia wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; and the altar shall be quadrated: and three cubits its height
And make bars for the altar, bars of acacia wood, and spread them over with brass.
And make staves of acacia wood, and spread them over with gold.
And skins of rams made red, and tahash skins, and acacia wood,
All lifting up an offering of silver and brass, brought the offering of Jehovah: and all with whom was found acacia wood for all the work of the service, brought
And he will make bars of acacia wood; five for the boards of the one rib of the temple,
And he will make to it four acacia pillars, and he will spread them over with gold: and their pegs gold; and he cast for them four bases of silver.
And Bezaleel will make the ark acacia wood: two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height
And he will make poles of acacia wood, and he will spread them over with gold.
And he will make the table acacia wood: two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height
And he will make the poles of acacia wood, and he will spread them over with gold to lift up the table.
He will make the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit its length and a cubit its breadth; quadrated; and two cubits its height; out of it were its horns
And he will make the poles of acacia wood, and he will spread them over with gold.
And he will make the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth; four-square; and three cubits its height
And he will make the bars of acacia wood; and he will spread them over with brass.
And I will make the ark of acacia wood, and I will hew two tables of stone as the first, and I will go up to the mount and the two tables in my hands.
I will give in the desert the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the tree of oil; I will set in the sterile region the the elm and the box tree together.
I will give in the desert the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the tree of oil; I will set in the sterile region the the elm and the box tree together.