Shittim

Shi´tim

A place in the territory of Moab north of Mt. Nebo and Heshbon and across the border from Jericho (Num 33:48-49). Here, according to the various narratives, the Israelite men sinned with Moabite women (Num 25) and the Israelites were numbered in a census (Num 26). At Shittim Joshua was commissioned to succeed Moses (Num 27:23) and from there spies were sent to the promised land (Josh 2:1). Shittim may be identified with the modern Tell el-Hamman in Jordan.