Numbers 25:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

Shittim] ('the acacias') is the name of the encampment in the plains of Moab: see Numbers 33:49 and cp. Joshua 2:1.

Numbers 25:1

1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.