Joshua 21:16
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
Joshua 21:16 in other translations
| BSB | Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these 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; |
| BBE | And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes. |
| Webster | And Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. |
What does Joshua 21:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 21:9-40
Jos 21:9-42. The Cities of the Priests. 9-40. they gave ... these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 21:9-42
By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern to walk so that their ministry might not be blamed. Every tribe had its share of Levites' cities. Thus did God graciously provide for keeping up religion among them, and that they might have the word in all parts of the land. Yet, blessed be God, we have the gospel more…
Joshua 21:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 21:16
- Joshua 15:55
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
- 1 Chronicles 6:59
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs:
- Joshua 15:10
And 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 Beth–shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
- 1 Samuel 6:9
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth–shemesh, 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.
- Joshua 15:42
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
- 1 Samuel 6:12
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, 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 Beth–shemesh.
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Context
- Joshua 21:15
And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
- Joshua 21:16
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
- Joshua 21:17
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
Joshua 21:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | A Ain con sus ejidos, á Jutta con sus ejidos, y á Beth-semes con sus ejidos; nueve villas de estas dos tribus: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et Aïn et sa banlieue, et Jutta et sa banlieue, et Beth-Shémesh et sa banlieue, neuf villes de ces deux tribus-là; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und Ain und seine Bezirke, und Jutta und seine Bezirke, und Beth-Semes und seine Bezirke: neun Städte von diesen beiden Stämmen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et Ain, et Jeta, et Bethsames, cum suburbanis suis: civitates novem de tribubus, ut dictum est, duabus. |