Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
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Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
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And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
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and Ain with the open land about it, and Juttah with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it; nine cities out of those two tribes.
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Passages linked to Joshua 21:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 15:10 and the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim (also called Chesalon) on the north, and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;
- Joshua 15:55 Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Jutah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:59 Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands;
- Joshua 15:42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
- 1 Samuel 6:9 Behold, if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us. It was a chance that happened to us.”
- 1 Samuel 6:12 The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh. They went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Ain here, and Gibeon Jos 21:17, and some others…
Ain here, and Gibeon Jos 21:17, and some others here named, are not named 1Ch 6, either because they were destroyed in some of those hostile invasions and wars wherewith their land was grievously harassed and wasted before that time; or they appear there under other names, as was said.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Ain with her suburbs,.... See Gill on Jos…
And Ain with her suburbs,.... See Gill on Jos 15:32,
and Juttah with her suburbs; See Gill on Jos 15:55,
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and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; which is not mentioned among the cities of Judah, Jos 15:21; only as in the borders of it, Jos 21:10; and perhaps is the same Bethshemesh to which the ark was directed by the Philistines from Ashdod, Sa1 6:9; in it formerly was a temple dedicated to the sun, from whence it had its name:
nine cities out of those two tribes; and they seem all but one, which is Ain, to be of the tribe of Judah, and that originally belonged to it; and as that tribe had the largest number of cities in its lot, the more were given out of it to the Levites, according to a rule prescribed, Num 35:8.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And Ain - Ain and Gibeon, and some others…
And Ain - Ain and Gibeon, and some others here named are not named, 1 Chron. vi, 59. Either they were destroyed in some of those invasions wherewith their land was grievously wasted before that time; or they appear there under other names.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Jos 21:16. And Ain — Ain and Gibeon, and…
Jos 21:16. And Ain — Ain and Gibeon, and some others here named, are not named 1Ch 6:59. Either they were destroyed in some of those invasions wherewith their land was grievously wasted before that time, or they appear there under other names.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Ain and Jeta. Septuagint of Grabe agrees with the…
Ain and Jeta. Septuagint of Grabe agrees with the Vulgate. But the Vatican copy (Haydock) has, "Asa....and Tanu." In 1 Paralipomenon vi. 59, only Asan and Bethsemes are mentioned. Several other variations may also be observed, which may be attributed either to the changes which were afterwards made when the Chanaanites kept their hold, (Rabbins) or to the different places having two names, or to the mistakes of transcribers, &c. See chap xv. 62. Only eleven cities are specified in the Book of Paralipomenon, though it observes that there were thirteen. (Calmet) --- As hath, &c., words added by St. Jerome, or rather expressing more fully the Hebrew, "those" two tribes. (Haydock)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. Ain, see Jos_15:32, Jos_19:7; Juttah, Jos_15:55; Beth-shemesh, Jos_15:10.
16. Ain, see Jos_15:32, Jos_19:7; Juttah, Jos_15:55; Beth-shemesh, Jos_15:10.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Ain with her suburbs. We have "Ashan" in 1Ch_6:59.…
Ain with her suburbs. We have "Ashan" in 1Ch_6:59. If the view taken above of Ain (see note on Jos_15:32, and Jos_19:7) be correct, Ashen is the true reading here.
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