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BIBLE DICTIONARY

Abel-shittim

Meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply “Shittim” (Num. 25:1; Josh. 2:1; Micah 6:5), a place on the east of Jordan, in the plain of Moab, nearly opposite Jericho. It was the forty-second encampment of the Israelites, their last resting-place before they crossed the Jordan (Num. 33:49; 22:1; 26:3; 31:12; comp. 25:1; 31:16).

Scripture references

Numbers 25:1Joshua 2:1Micah 6:5Numbers 33:49Numbers 22:1Numbers 26:3Numbers 31:12

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording may reflect the scholarship and language of its era.