Thematic Bible: Shittim
Thematic Bible
Israel » Leaving » Shittim » Going » Jordan river
Joshua got up early in the morning; then he and all the children of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they spent the night there before they crossed [the river].
Shittim » Also called shittah, a tree, the wood of which is fragrant » The staves (long poles) of the ark of the covenant made of
Shittim » Also called abel-shittim » A camping place of israel
They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Israel settled and remained in Shittim, and the people began to play the prostitute with the women of Moab [by being unfaithful to God].
Shittim » Also called shittah, a tree, the wood of which is fragrant » The boards in the tabernacle made of
And you shall make the upright frame for the tabernacle of boards of acacia wood. Ten cubits shall be the length of a board and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. Make two tenons in each board for dovetailing and fitting together; so shall you do for all the tabernacle boards. read more.
And make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side; And you shall make forty silver sockets under the twenty boards, two sockets under each board for its two tenons. And for the north side of the tabernacle there shall be twenty boards And their forty silver sockets, two sockets under each board. For the back or west side of the tabernacle you shall make six boards. Make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the rear on both sides. They shall be coupled down below and coupled together on top with one ring. Thus shall it be for both of them; they shall form the two corners. And that will be eight boards and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under each board. And you shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of one side, And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the rear end of the tabernacle, for the back wall to the west. And the middle bar halfway up the boards shall pass through from end to end. You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold to hold the bars and overlay the bars with gold. You shall erect the tabernacle after the plan of it shown you on the mountain. And make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, skillfully worked with cherubim on it. You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold, with gold hooks, on four sockets of silver. And you shall hang the veil from the clasps and bring the ark of the Testimony into place within the veil; and the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. And you shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place. And you shall set the table [for the showbread] outside the veil [in the Holy Place] on the north side and the lampstand opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle. You shall make a hanging [to form a screen] for the door of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, embroidered. You shall make five pillars of acacia wood to support the hanging curtain and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five [base] sockets of bronze for them.
And make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side; And you shall make forty silver sockets under the twenty boards, two sockets under each board for its two tenons. And for the north side of the tabernacle there shall be twenty boards And their forty silver sockets, two sockets under each board. For the back or west side of the tabernacle you shall make six boards. Make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the rear on both sides. They shall be coupled down below and coupled together on top with one ring. Thus shall it be for both of them; they shall form the two corners. And that will be eight boards and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under each board. And you shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of one side, And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the rear end of the tabernacle, for the back wall to the west. And the middle bar halfway up the boards shall pass through from end to end. You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold to hold the bars and overlay the bars with gold. You shall erect the tabernacle after the plan of it shown you on the mountain. And make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, skillfully worked with cherubim on it. You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold, with gold hooks, on four sockets of silver. And you shall hang the veil from the clasps and bring the ark of the Testimony into place within the veil; and the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. And you shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place. And you shall set the table [for the showbread] outside the veil [in the Holy Place] on the north side and the lampstand opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle. You shall make a hanging [to form a screen] for the door of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, embroidered. You shall make five pillars of acacia wood to support the hanging curtain and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five [base] sockets of bronze for them.
Shittim » Also called shittah, a tree, the wood of which is fragrant » The altar of burnt offering made of
Then Bezalel made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood; its top was square, five cubits long and five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
Shittim » Also called shittah, a tree, the wood of which is fragrant » Planted and cultivated
“I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia, the myrtle and the olive tree;
I will place the juniper in the desert
Together with the box tree and the cypress,
Shittim » Also called shittah, a tree, the wood of which is fragrant » The ark of the covenant made of
“They shall make an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
Shittim » Also called abel-shittim » The valley of
And in that day
The mountains will drip with sweet wine
And the hills will flow with milk;
And all the brooks and riverbeds of Judah will flow with water,
And a fountain will go out from the house of the Lord
To water the [desert] Valley of Shittim.
Shittim » Also called abel-shittim
They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Shittim » Also called abel-shittim » Joshua sends spies from
Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as scouts secretly from Shittim, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho [the walled city].” So they went and came to the house of a prostitute named Rahab, and lodged there.
Shittim » Also called abel-shittim » Balaam prophesies in
“My people, remember now
What Balak king of Moab devised [with his evil plan against Israel]
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him [turning the curse into blessing for Israel],
[Remember what the Lord did for you] from
So that you may know the righteous and saving acts [displaying the power] of the Lord.”
Valleys » Mentioned in scripture » Shittim
And in that day
The mountains will drip with sweet wine
And the hills will flow with milk;
And all the brooks and riverbeds of Judah will flow with water,
And a fountain will go out from the house of the Lord
To water the [desert] Valley of Shittim.