Citeshittim wood
shittim wood,
in the Bible, wood of the shittah tree, probably an
acacia
, from which the Ark of the Covenant and furniture of the Tabernacle were made. The Revised Version of the Bible calls it acacia wood. It seems to have been held in high esteem. The name shittim wood is also sometimes applied to two plants that are not acacias, the
buckthorn
and the false buckthorn.
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