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1 Chronicles 6:59

AshanBeth-shemesh

57 So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,

58 Hilen, Debir,

Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands.

60 And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

61 To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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BSB
Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands.
KJV
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
WEB
Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands;
ASV
and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs;
DARBY
and Ashan and its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs;
BLB
and Ashan, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh and its pasturelands.
ÅB
Og Asan med jorder og Bet-Semes med jorder,
OTB
Asjan med sine beiteområder, og Bet-Sjemesj med sine beiteområder.
B1930
Og Asan med jorder og Bet-Semes med jorder,

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  • Joshua 21:16

    Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.

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  • Joshua 15:42

    Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

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  • Jeremiah 43:13

    He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

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  • 1 Chronicles 4:32

    And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—

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  • 1 Samuel 6:12–19

    And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.

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  • Joshua 15:10

    The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.

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