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Shittim

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Shittim (shĭt`ĭm), in the Bible, last place in which the Israelites encamped before reaching the Holy Land. It was E of Jericho. An alternate form is Abel-shittim. The valley of Shittim of the Book of Joel is not the same place.
Shittim
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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Likewise, "what happened from Shittim to Gilgal," likely an allusion to the crossing of the Jordan, is offered in the briefest of terms.
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