KJV King James Version
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Joshua 21:16
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
WEB World English Bible
Ain with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
ASV American Standard Version
and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.
Surrounding context — Joshua 21
13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
16 And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, [and] Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
19 All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, [were] thirteen cities with their suburbs.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עַ֣יִןH5871 · a.yinAinוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶׁ֗הָH4054 · mig.rashpastureוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יֻטָּה֙H3194 · yut.tahJuttahוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָH4054 · mig.rashpastureאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בֵּ֥יתH1053 · bet she.meshBeth-shemeshשֶׁ֖מֶשׁH1053 · bet she.meshBeth-shemeshוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָH4054 · mig.rashpastureעָרִ֣יםH5892 · irexcitementתֵּ֔שַׁעH8672 · te.sahnineמֵאֵ֕תH854 · etwithשְׁנֵ֥יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoהַשְּׁבָטִ֖יםH7626 · she.vettribe: staffהָאֵֽלֶּה׃ פH428 · el.lehthese
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 6:59And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,Joshua 15:10And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which [is] Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:Joshua 15:42Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,1 Samuel 6:12And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, [and] went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside [to] the right hand or [to] the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.1 Samuel 6:9And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, [then] he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that [it is] not his hand [that] smote us; it [was] a chance [that] happened to us.
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