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EncyclopediaShittimShittim (shit'im) [key], in the Bible, last place in which the Israelites encamped before reaching the Holy Land. It was E of Jericho. An alternate form is Abel-shittim. The valley of Shittim of the Book of Joel is not the same place. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Shittim from Infoplease:
- shittim wood - shittim wood shittim wood, in the Bible, wood of the shittah tree, probably an acacia, from which ...
- Abel-shittim - Abel-shittim: Abel-shittim: see Shittim.
- Baal-peor - Baal-peor Baal-peor , local divinity (the Baal) of Peor. According to the Book of Numbers, the ...
- Exodus: 37 - And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two…
- Numbers - Numbers Numbers, book of the Bible, fourth of the five books of the Law (the Pentateuch or Torah) ...
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