The Definition of the word Abel-shittim

Abel-shittim

Meadow of the acacias, frequently called simply Shittim" (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).