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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Example Sentences

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

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal. 

From Human Nature and Other Sermons by Morley, Henry

When twenty-four thousand of Simon fell at Shittim, the widows they left behind married husbands of all the other tribes.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 by Szold, Henrietta

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

Joshua rose up early in the morning and set out from Shittim.

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