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 as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: "Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho." They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night 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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When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab.
They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: "Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho." They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.
Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.
Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar.
On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the Lord, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.
My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly."
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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When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab.
They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: "Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho." They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.
Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.
On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the Lord, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees.
My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly."
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 on the side of the Jordan River across from Jericho.
When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab.
So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said,
They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho.
They traveled from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River across from Jericho. They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: "Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho." They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there.
Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.
My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly."
Watsons
SHITTIM, SITTIM, SITTAH, ????, ???, 25/5/type/net'>Ex 25:5,10/type/net'>10,13,23,28/type/net'>28; 6/type/net'>6/26/type/net'>6/type/net'>26/type/net'>6:26/type/net'>6,32,37; 27:1,6/type/net'>6; 30:5; 35:7,4/type/net'>24; 36/type/net'>6:20,31,36/type/net'>6; 37:1,4,10/type/net'>10,15,25,28/type/net'>28; 38:1,6/type/net'>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, fine leather, acacia wood,
"They are to make an ark of acacia wood -- its length is to be three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches.
You are to make poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold,
"You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.
You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
"You are to make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
You are to hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, set in four silver bases.
You are to make for the hanging five posts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and their hooks will be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them.
"You are to make the altar of acacia wood, seven feet six inches long, and seven feet six inches wide; the altar is to be square, and its height is to be four feet six inches.
You are to make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you are to overlay them with bronze.
You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
ram skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood,
Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood for any work of the service brought it.
He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle
He made for it four posts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, with gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases.
Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches.
He made the table of acacia wood; its length was three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.
He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half -- a square -- and its height was three feet. Its horns were of one piece with it.
He made the altar for the burnt offering of acacia wood seven feet six inches long and seven feet six inches wide -- it was square -- and its height was four feet six inches.
He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.
So I made an ark of acacia wood and carved out two stone tablets just like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
I will make cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees grow in the wilderness; I will make evergreens, firs, and cypresses grow together in the desert.
I will make cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees grow in the wilderness; I will make evergreens, firs, and cypresses grow together in the desert.