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).