Shittim = "the acacias" place of Israel's encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic region and crossing the Jordan into Canaan Also named: a.vel hash.shit.tim (אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים "Abel-shittim" H0063)
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H7851 — שִׁטִּים
shit.tim · Shittim · Hebrew/Aramaic
4 tagged verse occurrences
Numbers 25:1 · בַּשִּׁטִּ֑יםIsrael stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab:Joshua 2:1 · הַשִּׁטִּ֞יםJoshua the son of Nun secretly sent two men out of Shittim as spies, saying, “Go, view the land, including Jericho.” They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and slept there.Joshua 3:1 · מֵֽהַשִּׁטִּ֗יםJoshua rose up early in the morning; and they moved from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel. They lodged there before they passed over.Micah 6:5 · הַשִּׁטִּים֙My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”