Shittim

Name means “thorns”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Shittim, thorns”

First named: Numbers 25:1

Town Moab Transjordan Exodus/Wilderness

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Israel's camp in the plains of Moab where men were drawn into idolatry and immorality with Moabite women, including Cozbi, a Midianite woman whom Phinehas killed along with her Israelite partner to stop a plague (Numbers 25).

References: Numbers 25:1

People connected to Shittim

Cozbi (F) — the Midianite woman brought into the camp here and struck down by Phinehas
Numbers 25:6-8; Numbers 25:15

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