Shittim

British  

/ ˈʃɪtɪm /

noun

1. Old Testament the site to the east of the Jordan and northeast of the Dead Sea where the Israelites encamped before crossing the Jordan (Numbers 25:1–9)

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Shittim

Author Hill draws on imagination to describe the vale of Shittim, location of the wicked cities of the plain, Sodom and Gomorrah, though with benefit of modern geological research.

From Time Magazine Archive

The whole land of the plain and the valley of Shittim as far as Mount Nebo are visible from here.

From The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela by Benjamin of Tudela

While Joshua was at Shittim, he secretly sent two men as spies, with the command: "Go, explore the land and especially Jericho."

From The Children's Bible by Sherman, Henry A.

Shittim Wood, a hard, close-grained acacia wood of an orange-brown colour found in the Arabian Desert, and employed in constructing the Jewish Tabernacle.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they marched from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall