Abel-shittim
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Abel Shittim = pasture, grove of acacias or simply *Shittim, in the plains of Moab opposite Jericho in the Jordan Valley. The last stop of the Israelites in Transjordan, from where Joshua sent spies to Jericho [Nm 33:49 ; Josh 2:1 ]. Today, there is the village of 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).
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