Numbers 33:49

33:49

Beth-jeshimoth <01020> [Beth-jesimoth.]

Probably the place called Bethsimath by Eusebius, east of Jordan, and about ten miles south of Jericho.

Abel-shittim <063> [Abel-shittim. or, the plains of Shittim.]

This place, according to Josephus, (Ant. 1. iv. c. 7,  1. Bell. 1. v. c. 3,) who calls it Abela, was 60 furlongs east of Jordan.

Joshua 2:1

2:1

sent <07971> [sent. or, had sent. Shittim.]

spies out .... secretly <07270 02791> [to spy secretly.]

Jericho <03405> [even Jericho.]

prostitute <0802 02181> [harlot's house.]

Though the word {zonah} generally denotes a prostitute, yet many very learned men are of opinion that it should be here rendered an innkeeper or hostess, from {zoon,} to furnish or provide food. In this sense it was understood by the Targumist, who renders it, {ittetha pundekeetha,} "a woman, a tavern-keeper," and so St. Chrysostome, in his second sermon on Repentance, calls her [pandokeutria.] The Greek [porn‚,] by which the LXX. render it, and which is adopted by the Apostles, is derived from [perna¢,] to sell, and is also supposed to denote a tavern keeper. Among the ancients, women generally kept houses of entertainment. Herodotus says, "Among the Egyptians, the women carry on all commercial concerns, and keep taverns, while the men continue at home and weave." The same custom prevailed among the Greeks.

[Rachab.]

spent the night <07901> [lodged. Heb. lay.]

Joshua 3:1

3:1

early <07925> [rose early.]

Archbishop Usher supposes, that this was upon Wednesday, the 28th of April, A.M. 2553, the fortieth year of the Exodus from Egypt. From Shittim, where the israelites had been encamped for about two months (De 1:3), to the Jordan, was, according to Josephus, about sixty stadia; that is, between seven and eight English miles.

Shittim <07851> [Shittim.]

Jordan <03383> [Jordan.]

Jordan, called by the Arabs El Sharia, takes its rise in Anti-Libanus, about twelve miles north of C‘sarea Philippi, now Banias; and, having run about twelve miles southward, it receives a considerable stream, which is now called the Moiet Hasbeia. About 15 miles farther, it forms the waters of Merom or Semechon, now Houle; and, after running about 28 miles more, it passes through the lake of Gennesareth, and thence runs southward till it loses itself in the Dead Sea; its whole course being about 160 miles.

Micah 6:5

6:5

recall <02142> [remember.]

Balak <01111> [Balak.]

Balaam <01109> [Balaam.]

Shittim <07851> [Shittim.]

acknowledge <03045> [know.]