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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).

In the Bible

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Verses where Abel-shittim is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Numbers 33:49

    And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.

Scripture on Abel-shittim

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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