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    Shittim

    שִׁטִּים

    Shittim, also called Abel-shittim, the final Israelite encampment before entering Canaan.

    Where the story of Shittim happensShittim, and the 23 best-attested of 45 places the claims reach, framed to them: Shittim, Etham, Abronah, Alush, Bene-jaakan, Diblathaim, Dibon, Dophkah, Elim, Ezion-geber, Haradah, Hashmonah, Hazeroth, Hor_Mount, Hor-haggidgad, Jotbathah, Kadesh, Kehelathah, Kibroth-hattaavah, Libnah, Makheloth, Marah, Mithkah, Nebo_Mount. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.ShittimEthamAbronahAlushBene-jaakanDiblathaimDibonDophkahElimEzion-geberHaradahHazerothKadeshLibnahMarah
    Shittim, and the 23 best-attested of 45 places the claims reach
    verses
    5
    first named
    Numbers 25:1
    last named
    Micah 6:5
    feature
    campsite
    coordinates
    31.85°N · 35.65°E
    campsite31.85°N · 35.65°E

    Tall Kafrayn (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 2 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Shittim in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    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).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 5, across 3 books.

    1. Numbers2 verses

      25:133:49

    2. Joshua2 verses

      2:13:1

    3. Micah1 verse

      6:5

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Israelite JourneysAaronMoses' brother, first high priest of Israelvia Israelite JourneysAbronahA desert campsite during Israel's wilderness wanderings.via Israelite JourneysAlushA campsite during Israel's wilderness journey.via Israelite JourneysBene-jaakanIsraelite encampment during the wilderness wanderings.via Israelite JourneysBeth-jeshimothTown in Moab, allotted to Reuben, mentioned in prophecy.via Israelite JourneysDiblathaimA place where the Israelites camped during their wilderness wanderings.via Israelite JourneysDibonMoabite city, allotted to Gad, later possessed by Moab.via Israelite JourneysDivisionDivision is a concept gathering 85 labelled instances in the text.via Israelite JourneysDophkahA place where the Israelites camped during their wilderness wanderings.

    Where they appear

    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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    What this rests on