Shittim

A written article for Shittim is still to come. Below and alongside: where Shittim appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

  • Shittim
  • Shittim (Tall el Hammam)
  • Shittim (Tall Kafrayn)

Original word

  • שִׁטִּים shittim
    H7851
Citations
“Shittim.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/shittim. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
“Shittim.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/shittim. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.
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Where Shittim appears in Scripture

Numbers 25

וַיֵּשֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּשִּׁטִּים וַיָּחֶל הָעָם לִזְנוֹת אֶל-בְּנוֹת מוֹאָֽב׃
1
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

Joshua 2

וַיִּשְׁלַח יְהוֹשֻׁעַ-בִּן-נוּן מִֽן-הַשִּׁטִּים שְׁנַֽיִם-אֲנָשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים חֶרֶשׁ לֵאמֹר לְכוּ רְאוּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ וְאֶת-יְרִיחוֹ וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ בֵּית-אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה וּשְׁמָהּ רָחָב וַיִּשְׁכְּבוּ-שָֽׁמָּה׃
1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there.

Joshua 3

וַיַּשְׁכֵּם יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בַּבֹּקֶר וַיִּסְעוּ מֵֽהַשִּׁטִּים וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד-הַיַּרְדֵּן הוּא וְכָל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיָּלִנוּ שָׁם טֶרֶם יַֽעֲבֹֽרוּ׃
1
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

Joel 3

וְהָיָה בַיּוֹם הַהוּא יִטְּפוּ הֶהָרִים עָסִיס וְהַגְּבָעוֹת תֵּלַכְנָה חָלָב וְכָל-אֲפִיקֵי יְהוּדָה יֵלְכוּ מָיִם וּמַעְיָן מִבֵּית יְהוָה יֵצֵא וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת-נַחַל הַשִּׁטִּֽים׃
18
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

Micah 6

עַמִּי זְכָר-נָא מַה-יָּעַץ בָּלָק מֶלֶךְ מוֹאָב וּמֶה-עָנָה אֹתוֹ בִּלְעָם בֶּן-בְּעוֹר מִן-הַשִּׁטִּים עַד-הַגִּלְגָּל לְמַעַן דַּעַת צִדְקוֹת יְהוָֽה׃
5
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.