Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
Shittim
The people
General references
Bible References
Shittim
Numbers 33:49 They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth to the Acacia Meadow on the plains of Moab.
Joshua 2:1
Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two men as spies from the Acacia Grove, saying, “Go and scout the land, especially Jericho.” So they left, and they came to the house of a woman, a prostitute named Rahab, and stayed there.
Joshua 3:1
Joshua started early the next morning and left the Acacia Grove with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan and stayed there before crossing.
Micah 6:5 My people,
remember what Balak king of Moab proposed,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from the Acacia Grove to Gilgal
so that you may acknowledge
the Lord’s righteous acts.
remember what Balak king of Moab
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from the Acacia Grove
so that you may acknowledge
the Lord’s righteous acts.
The people
Numbers 31:15
“Have you let every female live?” he asked them.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a trap, her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
1 Corinthians 10:8
Let us not commit sexual immorality as some of them did, and in a single day 23,000 people fell dead.
General references
Exodus 34:16
Then you will take some of their daughters as brides for your sons. Their daughters will prostitute themselves with their gods and cause your sons to prostitute themselves with their gods.
Proverbs 5:14 I am on the verge of complete ruin
before the entire community.”
before the entire community.”