Joshua 21:16

14 Jattir, Eshtemoa,

15 Holon, Debir,

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

17 And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,

18 Anathoth, and Almon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
KJV
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
WEB
Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
ASV
and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
DARBY
and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes;
BLB
and Ain and its pasturelands, and Juttah and its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh and its pasturelands—nine cities from these two tribes.
ÅB
og A'in med jorder og Jutta med jorder og Bet-Semes med jorder - ni byer av disse to stammer;
OTB
Ain, Jutta og Bet-Sjemesj, sammen med deres beitemarker—ni byer fra disse to stammene.
B1930
og A'in med jorder og Jutta med jorder og Bet-Semes med jorder - ni byer av disse to stammer;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joshua 15:55

    Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:59

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

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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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  • 1 Samuel 6:9

    but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”

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  • Joshua 15:42

    Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

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  • 1 Samuel 6:12

    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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