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nine cities out of those two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Ain with its common-land, Juttah with its common-land, and Beth Shemesh with its common-land: nine cities from those two tribes;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, <i>and</i> Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands <i>and</i> Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and Ain with its pasture lands, and Juttah with its pasture lands, <i>and</i> Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands <i>and</i> Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes (Judah and Simeon).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities from these two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities from these two tribes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, with their pasture lands: nine cities from the tribes of Judah and Simeon. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands, for a total of nine cities from these two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh?nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, along with the grazing areas of each--a total of nine cities taken from these two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Ashan with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Ain and its outskirts, and Juttah and its outskirts, Beth-Shemesh and its outskirts; nine cities out of these two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Ain and her area, and Juttah and her area, and the House of the Sun and her area: nine cities from these two tribes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs : nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their suburbs: nine cities from two tribes, just as has been said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities from these two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands—nine towns out of these two tribes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Ain with its suburbs, Aata with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of the tribes of Judah and Simeon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Eyn and its fields and Aata and its fields and Bayth Shemesh and its fields nine cities from the tribe of Yehuda and of Shimeon<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Baethsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/21-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=5386" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/21.htm">Forty-Eight Cities for the Levites</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>Holon, Debir, <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5871.htm" title="5871: ‘a·yin (N-proper-fs) -- Ain -- a spring (of water). The same as ayin; fountain; Ajin, the name of two places in Palestine.">Ain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4054.htm" title="4054: miḡ·rā·še·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Also feminine migrashah; from garash; a suburb; hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3194.htm" title="3194: yuṭ·ṭāh (N-proper-fs) -- A city in Judah. Or Yuwtah; from natah; extended; Juttah, a place in Palestine.">Juttah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4054.htm" title="4054: miḡ·rā·še·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Also feminine migrashah; from garash; a suburb; hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1053.htm" title="1053: bêṯ (Prep) -- From bayith and shemesh; house of sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1053.htm" title="1053: še·meš (N-proper-fs) -- From bayith and shemesh; house of sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine.">and Beth-shemesh—</a> <a href="/hebrew/8672.htm" title="8672: tê·ša‘ (Number-fs) -- A nine. Or tishtah; perhaps from sha'ah through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or Ninth.">nine</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rîm (N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: mê·’êṯ (Prep-m:: DirObjM) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: šə·nê (Number-mdc) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">two</a> <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="7626: haš·šə·ḇā·ṭîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. a stick Or a clan.">tribes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">together with</a> <a href="/hebrew/4054.htm" title="4054: miḡ·rā·še·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- Also feminine migrashah; from garash; a suburb; hence, the area around a building, or the margin of the sea.">their pasturelands.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/20-7.htm">Joshua 20:7</a></span><br />So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/15-55.htm">Joshua 15:55</a></span><br />Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-57.htm">1 Chronicles 6:57</a></span><br />So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-64.htm">1 Chronicles 6:64</a></span><br />So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/35-1.htm">Numbers 35:1-8</a></span><br />Again the LORD spoke to Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho: / “Command the Israelites to give, from the inheritance they will possess, cities for the Levites to live in and pasturelands around the cities. / The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Deuteronomy 4:41-43</a></span><br />Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east / to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities: / Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau belonging to the Reubenites, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the Gadites, or Golan in Bashan belonging to the Manassites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-11.htm">1 Kings 9:11</a></span><br />King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-2.htm">2 Chronicles 8:2</a></span><br />Solomon rebuilt the cities Hiram had given him and settled Israelites there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/23-2.htm">Genesis 23:2</a></span><br />She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/35-27.htm">Genesis 35:27</a></span><br />Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-6.htm">Matthew 2:6</a></span><br />‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-4.htm">Luke 2:4</a></span><br />So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-5.htm">John 4:5</a></span><br />So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-16.htm">Acts 7:16</a></span><br />Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-14.htm">Hebrews 7:14</a></span><br />For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.</p><p class="hdg">Ain</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/15-42.htm">Joshua 15:42</a></b></br> Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/6-59.htm">1 Chronicles 6:59</a></b></br> And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:</p><p class="hdg">Ashan </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/15-55.htm">Joshua 15:55</a></b></br> Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,</p><p class="hdg">Bethshemesh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/15-10.htm">Joshua 15:10</a></b></br> And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which <i>is</i> Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/6-9.htm">1 Samuel 6:9,12</a></b></br> And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, <i>then</i> he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that <i>it is</i> not his hand <i>that</i> smote us; it <i>was</i> a chance <i>that</i> happened to us… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/6-59.htm">1 Chronicles 6:59</a></b></br> And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/19-7.htm">Ain</a> <a href="/joshua/15-32.htm">A'in</a> <a href="/joshua/19-38.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/joshua/19-38.htm">Bethshemesh</a> <a href="/joshua/19-38.htm">Beth-Shemesh</a> <a href="/joshua/19-38.htm">Beth-She'mesh</a> <a href="/joshua/21-9.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/joshua/15-55.htm">Juttah</a> <a href="/joshua/21-15.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/joshua/15-54.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/joshua/21-15.htm">Open</a> <a href="/joshua/21-15.htm">Pasture</a> <a href="/joshua/21-8.htm">Pasturelands</a> <a href="/joshua/19-41.htm">Shemesh</a> <a href="/joshua/21-15.htm">Suburbs</a> <a href="/joshua/19-8.htm">Together</a> <a href="/joshua/21-10.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/joshua/21-9.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/4-32.htm">Ain</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-32.htm">A'in</a> <a href="/joshua/21-22.htm">Beth</a> <a href="/judges/1-33.htm">Bethshemesh</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-9.htm">Beth-Shemesh</a> <a href="/judges/1-33.htm">Beth-She'mesh</a> <a href="/joshua/21-18.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-59.htm">Juttah</a> <a href="/joshua/21-17.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/judges/4-3.htm">Nine</a> <a href="/joshua/21-17.htm">Open</a> <a href="/joshua/21-17.htm">Pasture</a> <a href="/joshua/21-18.htm">Pasturelands</a> <a href="/judges/1-33.htm">Shemesh</a> <a href="/joshua/21-17.htm">Suburbs</a> <a href="/joshua/21-18.htm">Together</a> <a href="/joshua/21-18.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/joshua/22-14.htm">Tribes</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/21-1.htm">Forty-eight cities given by lot, out of the other tribes unto the Levites.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/21-43.htm">God gives the land, and rest unto the Israelites, according to his promise</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Ain is often associated with a spring or fountain, indicating a place of water, which was crucial for settlement and agriculture. Juttah is located in the hill country of Judah and is mentioned in connection with the priestly city of Hebron. Beth-shemesh, meaning "house of the sun," was a significant city in the Shephelah region, known for its strategic location and later as a site where the Ark of the Covenant was returned by the Philistines (<a href="/1_samuel/6-12.htm">1 Samuel 6:12-15</a>).<p><b>Nine cities from these two tribes</b><br>The two tribes referred to here are Judah and Simeon. The allocation of cities to the Levites from these tribes underscores the integration of the priestly class within the broader tribal structure of Israel. The number nine signifies completeness in this context, as it represents the full allotment from these particular tribal lands. This distribution reflects the fulfillment of God's promise to provide for the Levites, who had no territorial inheritance of their own (<a href="/numbers/18-20.htm">Numbers 18:20-24</a>).<p><b>Together with their pasturelands</b><br>The inclusion of pasturelands was essential for the Levites, as it provided them with the means to sustain their livestock and, by extension, their families. This provision ensured that the Levites could focus on their religious duties without the burden of agricultural labor. The pasturelands also symbolize God's provision and care for those dedicated to His service, echoing the broader biblical theme of God as a shepherd who provides for His flock (<a href="/psalms/23.htm">Psalm 23:1-2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/ain.htm">Ain</a></b><br>A city allocated to the Levites within the territory of Judah. Its name means "spring" or "fountain," indicating a place of water, which is essential for life and sustenance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/juttah.htm">Juttah</a></b><br>Another city given to the Levites, located in the hill country of Judah. It is significant as a Levitical city, providing a place for the Levites to live and serve.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/beth-shemesh.htm">Beth-shemesh</a></b><br>A city whose name means "house of the sun." It was also a Levitical city and played a role in various biblical events, including the return of the Ark of the Covenant.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/l/levites.htm">Levites</a></b><br>The tribe of Levi, set apart for religious duties and service to God. They were given cities and pasturelands instead of a contiguous territory.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tribes_of_judah_and_simeon.htm">Tribes of Judah and Simeon</a></b><br>The territories from which these cities were allocated to the Levites, demonstrating the shared responsibility among the tribes to support the Levitical priesthood.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_his_servants.htm">God's Provision for His Servants</a></b><br>The allocation of cities to the Levites shows God's care and provision for those dedicated to His service. We are reminded to support those who serve in ministry today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The shared responsibility among the tribes to provide for the Levites teaches us about the importance of community support and cooperation in fulfilling God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_inheritance.htm">Spiritual Inheritance</a></b><br>The Levites' lack of a territorial inheritance points to a spiritual inheritance, reminding us that our ultimate inheritance is in Christ and not in earthly possessions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_worship_and_service.htm">Role of Worship and Service</a></b><br>The presence of Levitical cities throughout Israel underscores the centrality of worship and service to God in the life of His people. We are called to prioritize worship and service in our own lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_didn't_tribes_fully_possess_land.htm">If the land division was divinely ordained, why do other biblical accounts (e.g., Judges 1) describe tribes failing to fully possess these assigned territories?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_david_allow_saul's_heirs'_execution.htm">In 2 Samuel 21:5-6, why does David permit the execution of Saul's descendants if Deuteronomy 24:16 forbids punishing children for a parent's wrongdoing?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_kill_for_looking_in_the_ark.htm">Why does a just and loving God kill people merely for looking into the Ark in 1 Samuel 6:19?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_joshua_6_21_with_mercy.htm">How do we reconcile the mass killing commanded in this chapter with the Bible's teachings on mercy (Joshua 6:21)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Ain with her suburbs.</span> We have "Ashan" in <a href="/1_chronicles/6-59.htm">1 Chronicles 6:59</a>. If the view taken above of Ain (see note on Joshua 15:32, and <a href="/joshua/19-7.htm">Joshua 19:7</a>) be correct, Ashen is the true reading here. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/21-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Ain,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֣יִן</span> <span class="translit">(‘a·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5871.htm">Strong's 5871: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ain -- a spring (of water)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Juttah,</span><br /><span class="heb">יֻטָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(yuṭ·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3194.htm">Strong's 3194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Juttah -- a city in Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Beth-shemesh—</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֖מֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(še·meš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1053.htm">Strong's 1053: </a> </span><span class="str2">Beth-shemesh -- 'sun temple', three places in Palestine, also a place in Egypt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nine</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּ֔שַׁע</span> <span class="translit">(tê·ša‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8672.htm">Strong's 8672: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nine, ninth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cities</span><br /><span class="heb">עָרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֵ֕ת</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵֽלֶּה׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">two</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(šə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - mdc<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tribes,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁבָטִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·ḇā·ṭîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm">Strong's 7626: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">along with</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their pasturelands.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ</span> <span class="translit">(miḡ·rā·še·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4054.htm">Strong's 4054: </a> </span><span class="str2">A suburb, the area around a, building, the margin of the sea</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/21-16.htm">Joshua 21:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/21-16.htm">Joshua 21:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/21-16.htm">Joshua 21:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/21-16.htm">Joshua 21:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/21-16.htm">Joshua 21:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/21-16.htm">Joshua 21:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/21-16.htm">Joshua 21:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/21-16.htm">Joshua 21:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/21-16.htm">Joshua 21:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/21-16.htm">Joshua 21:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/21-16.htm">OT History: Joshua 21:16 Ain with its suburbs Juttah with its (Josh. 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