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 pitched by Jordan, from The House of Deserts to The Meadow of Acacias in the plains of Moab.
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go look over the land, even Jericho. And they went and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab. And they 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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And Israel lived in Shittim, and the people began to fornicate with the daughters of Moab.
And they pitched by Jordan, from The House of Deserts to The Meadow of Acacias in the plains of Moab.
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go look over the land, even Jericho. And they went and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab. And they stayed there.
And Joshua rose early in the morning. And they moved from Shittim and came to Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
And he led me again to the door of the house. And behold, water came out from under the threshold of the house eastward. For the front of the house is east, and the water came down from under the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar.
And it shall be, in that day the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab planned, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts 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 lived in Shittim, and the people began to fornicate with the daughters of Moab.
And they pitched by Jordan, from The House of Deserts to The Meadow of Acacias in the plains of Moab.
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go look over the land, even Jericho. And they went and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab. And they stayed there.
And Joshua rose early in the morning. And they moved from Shittim and came to Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
And it shall be, in that day the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of Jehovah, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab planned, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts 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 pulled up stakes and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
And Israel lived in Shittim, and the people began to fornicate with the daughters of Moab.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab beside Jordan at Jericho, saying,
And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are beside Jordan, at Jericho.
And they pulled up stakes from the mountains of Abarim and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan at Jericho. And they pitched by Jordan, from The House of Deserts to The Meadow of Acacias in the plains of Moab.
And they pitched by Jordan, from The House of Deserts to The Meadow of Acacias in the plains of Moab.
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go look over the land, even Jericho. And they went and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab. And they stayed there.
And Joshua rose early in the morning. And they moved from Shittim and came to Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab planned, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.
Watsons
SHITTIM, SITTIM, SITTAH, ????, ???, 25/5/type/mkjv'>Ex 25:5,10/type/mkjv'>10,13,23,28/type/mkjv'>28; 6/type/mkjv'>6/26/type/mkjv'>6/type/mkjv'>26/type/mkjv'>6:26/type/mkjv'>6,32,37; 27:1,6/type/mkjv'>6; 30:5; 35:7,4/type/mkjv'>24; 36/type/mkjv'>6:20,31,36/type/mkjv'>6; 37:1,4,10/type/mkjv'>10,15,25,28/type/mkjv'>28; 38:1,6/type/mkjv'>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 rams' skins dyed red, and dugong skins, and acacia-wood,
And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood. Two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high.
And you shall make staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with gold.
You shall also make a table of acacia-wood, its length two cubits, and its breadth a cubit, and its height a cubit and a half.
And you shall make the staves of acacia-wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
And you shall make bars of acacia-wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
And you shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold. Their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
And you shall make five pillars of acacia-wood for the screen, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold. And you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.
And you shall make an altar of acacia-wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square. And the height of it shall be three cubits.
And you shall make staves for the altar, staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with bronze.
And you shall make the staves of acacia-wood and overlay them with gold.
and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and acacia-wood,
Everyone lifting up an offering of silver and bronze brought Jehovah's offering. And everyone with whom was found acacia-wood for any work of the service, brought it.
And he made bars of acacia-wood, five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,
And he made for it four pillars of acacia. And he overlaid them with gold. Their hooks were of gold, and he cast four sockets of silver for them.
And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia-wood: two cubits and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
And he made staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
And he made the table of acacia-wood. Two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
And he made the incense altar of acacia-wood. Its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit, square. And its height was two cubits. Its horns were of the same.
And he made the staves of acacia-wood, and overlaid them with gold.
And he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia-wood. Its length was five cubits, and its breadth five cubits, square; and its height three cubits.
And he made the staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with bronze.
And I made an ark of acacia-wood, and cut out two tablets of stone like the first, and went up into the mountain, having the two tablets in my hand.
I will plant the cedar in the wilderness, the acacia tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree. I will set the fir tree in the desert, and the pine, and the box tree together;
I will plant the cedar in the wilderness, the acacia tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree. I will set the fir tree in the desert, and the pine, and the box tree together;