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Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites

Joshua 21:16

In 11 translations

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.Ain: also called, Ashan
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.
LSV
and Ain and its outskirts, and Juttah and its outskirts, Beth-Shemesh and its outskirts; nine cities out of these 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.
DBY
and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes;
DRC
And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.
GNV
And Ain with her suburbes, and Iuttah with her suburbes, Beth-shemesh with her suburbes: nine cities out of those two tribes.
JPS
and Ain with the open land about it, and Juttah with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it; nine cities out of those two tribes.
LXXE
and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Bæthsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאֶת־עַ֣יִן וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֗הָ וְאֶת־יֻטָּה֙ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ אֶת־בֵּ֥ית שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ עָרִ֣ים תֵּ֔שַׁע מֵאֵ֕ת שְׁנֵ֥י הַשְּׁבָטִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ Ἀσὰ, καὶ τὰ ἀφωρισμένα αὐτῇ· καὶ Τανὺ, καὶ τὰ ἀφωρισμένα αὐτῇ· καὶ Βαιθσαμὺς, καὶ τὰ ἀφωρισμένα αὐτῇ· πόλεις ἐννέα παρὰ τῶν δύο φυλῶν τούτων.

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  • 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 15:55Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,
  • 1 Chronicles 6:59Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands.
  • 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…
  • Joshua 15:42Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
  • 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…

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