Where is Shittim in the Bible?
Shittim, also known as Abel-shittim, was the last campsite of the Israelites before they crossed the Jordan River to enter Canaan. Shittim appears in 4 verses across 2 books of the Bible.
What happened at Shittim?
Shittim, also known as Abel-shittim, was the last campsite of the Israelites before they crossed the Jordan River to enter Canaan. It was located in the plains of Moab, east of the Jordan and opposite Jericho (Numbers 33:49). At Shittim, the Israelites fell into sin with the Moabite women and worshipped the Moabite god Baal of Peor, resulting in a plague that killed 24,000 people (Numbers 25:1-9). It was also from Shittim that Joshua sent two spies to investigate Jericho (Joshua 2:1) and where the Israelites camped before crossing the Jordan (Joshua 3:1). The prophet Micah later recalled the events at Shittim, from Balaam to the crossing of the Jordan, as evidence of God's righteous acts toward Israel (Micah 6:5).
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Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
Where does Shittim appear in the Bible?
Shittim is referenced in 4 verses across 2 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Joshua 2:1
- Joshua 3:1
- Numbers 25:1
- Numbers 33:49
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Shittim.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Shittim?
Shittim appears in 4 verses across 2 books, most often in Joshua, which accounts for 2 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Shittim?
Joshua, Numbers.
Where can I read every verse about Shittim?
This page lists 4 of them. Protos carries all 4, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
