Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Shittim?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tall el Hammam.

First appears in Numbers 25:1 · 4 books · 5 chapters

Overview

Acacias, also called “Abel-shittim”. Modern identification: Tall el Hammam.

Shittim is represented in the local geography layer as Tall el Hammam. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Numbers 25:1 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 5 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jordan

About 14 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 22 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 42 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 42 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Shittim today

Travel to Shittim, the modern-day Tall el Hammam.

Shittim is commonly identified with Tall el Hammam, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Shittim is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Tall el Hammam

31.840°N · 35.674°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Numbers

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Hosea

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Micah

1 chapter · 1 verse mention