Abel-Sittim
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Abel Shittim = weiveld, bos van akasias of bloot *Shittim, in die vlaktes van Moab oorkant Jerigo in die Jordaanvallei. Die laaste stop van die Israeliete in Transjordanië, vanwaar Josua spioene na Jerigo gestuur het [Nm 33:49; Jos 2:1 ]. Vandag is daar die dorp Gor es-Seisaban.
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Abel-shittim
meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply "Shittim" (Num 25:1 ; Josh 2:1; Mic 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. (Num 25:1 ; 31:16).
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary