Shittim
Camp · today Tall el Hammam
Location likely Tall el Hammam: about 40 km (26 miles) east of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Tall el Hammam Likely
- Tall Kafrayn Possible
Shittim in the Bible Dictionary · The Conquest of Canaan
Named in 4 Verses
- Numbers 25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
- 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.
- Joshua 3:1 And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
- 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.
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