Shittim

/ ˈʃɪtɪm /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

The appointed day for leaving Shittim has come, and Joshua, determined to lose no time, rises "early in the morning."

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The host of Israel had been encamped for some time at Shittim on the east side of the river Jordan.

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And here we had broad-water patches, in and out, inlaid on land, like mother-of-pearl in brown Shittim wood.

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The timber of this tree was termed Shittim, translated by some as incorruptible wood.

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Omitted from the above is the strange clause from Shittim to Gilgal, which appears to be a gloss.

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