shittim wood

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 379 words | Copyright

shittim wood in the Bible, wood of the shittah tree, probably an acacia , from which the Ark of the Covenant and furniture of the Tabernacle were made. The Revised Version of the Bible calls it acacia wood. It seems to have been held in high esteem. The name shittim wood is also sometimes applied to two plants that are not acacias, the buckthorn and the false buckthorn.

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