Joshua 21:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.”
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“Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 21:16 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 15:10The 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.
- Joshua 15:32Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
- Joshua 15:42Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
- Joshua 15:55Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
- 1 Samuel 6:9but 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.”
- 1 Samuel 6:12And 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.
- 1 Chronicles 4:32And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—
- 1 Chronicles 6:59Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands.
- 2 Chronicles 25:21So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
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