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And Things Of The Bible -- Acacia
The word "Acacia" (Heb. shittim) Ex. 25:5, R.V. was
probably the Acacia seyal (the gum-arabic tree); called the "shittah"
tree (Isa. 41:19). Its wood is called shittim wood (Ex. 26:15,26;
25:10,13,23,28, etc.). This species (A. seyal) is like the hawthorn, a
gnarled and thorny tree. It yields the gum-arabic of commerce. It is
found in abundance in the Sinaitic peninsula.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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