Shittim — The place where the people sinned in the matter of Peor, is here called Abel — Shittim — Abel signifies mourning; and probably this place was so called, from the mourning of Israel for that sin, and the heavy punishment inflicted on the sinners.
Related Commentaries of Numbers 33:48
Numbers 33:48
48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.