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Shittim
Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Shit'tim. (the acacias). The place of Israel's encampment, between the conquest of the TransJordanic highlands, and the passage of the Jordan. Numbers 25:1; Numbers 33:49; Joshua 2:1; Joshua 3:1; Micah 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," Numbers 22:1; Numbers 26:3; Numbers 31:12; Numbers 33:48-49. That is to say, it was in the Arabah or Jordan valley, opposite Jericho.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Shittim'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/s/shittim.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Shittim'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/s/shittim.html. 1901.
