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Abel-shittim meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply "Shittim" (Num 25:1; Josh 2:1; Micah 6:5), a place on the east of Jordan, in the plain of Moab, nearly opposite Jericho. It was the forty-second enc...

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Abel-shittim meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply "Shittim" (Num 25:1; Josh 2:1; Micah 6:5), a place on the east of Jordan, in the plain of Moab, nearly opposite Jericho. It was the forty-second encampment of the Israelites, their last resting-place before they crossed the Jordan (Num 33:49; 22:1; 26:3; 31:12; comp. 25:1; 31:16).

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