Abel-shittim
abel-sh-ttim
meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply “sh-ttim” (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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