Shittim
1. Also called ABEL-SHITTIM
·Numbers 33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
SHITTIM.
A camping place of Israel
·Numbers 25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
·Numbers 33:49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.
Shittim.
Joshua sends spies from
·Joshua 2:1 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
The valley of
·Joel 3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
Balaam prophesies in
·Micah 6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
2. Also called SHITTAH, a tree, the wood of which is fragrant
Planted and cultivated
·Isaiah 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
The ark of the covenant made of
·Exodus 25:10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
The staves (long poles) of the ark of the covenant made of
·Exodus 25:13 And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
·Exodus 38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
The boards in the tabernacle made of
·Exodus 26:15-37 And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. 16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. 17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 18 And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. ...
The altar of burnt offering made of
·Exodus 38:1 And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.
·Exodus 38:6 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.