Bible Location

Shittim

Meaning: thorns · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available

Shittim, also called Abel-shittim, was the plain in Moab where Israel camped just before crossing the Jordan. It is important because it was the launching point for the spies to Jericho and the setting of Israel's grave failure with Moabite seduction and Baal-peor. First appears in Num 25:1.1

Place meaning

thorns

Coordinates

31.86, 35.64

First appears

Num 25:1

AI summary: Shittim lies at the threshold of entry into the land, and that location intensifies everything that happens there. It is both the final camp of anticipation from which Joshua sends spies and the place of one of Israel's most serious wilderness sins in the worship crisis tied to Moab. Micah later recalls the movement from Shittim to Gilgal as a summary of God's faithful leading. The cross references present Shittim as a plains-of-Moab camp where promise, testing, and transition are all compressed into one setting.1

Place meaning

thorns

Latitude

31.86

Longitude

35.64

Bible references

4