Abel-shittim

Easton, 1897

Meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply "Shittim" (Numbers 25:1; Joshua 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 (Numbers 33:49; Numbers 22:1; Numbers 26:3; Numbers 31:12; comp. Numbers 25:1; Numbers 31:16).