Bible Location
Meaning: mourning of thorns · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Abel-shittim, often shortened to Shittim, was Israel's camp in the plains of Moab opposite Jericho. It is important because it stands at the threshold of entry into the land and in the shadow of one of Israel's gravest failures. First appears in Num 33:49.1
Place meaning
mourning of thorns
Coordinates
31.86, 35.64
First appears
Num 33:49
AI summary: Abel-shittim matters because it combines proximity to promise with vulnerability to sin. There Israel was drawn into idolatry and immorality before the Jordan crossing, yet the camp also belongs to the final stage before entry. The cross references present Abel-shittim as a threshold place of warning and nearness.1
Place meaning
mourning of thorns
Latitude
31.86
Longitude
35.64
Bible references
1
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). 3
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.