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Joshua 21:16

What does Joshua 21:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Joshua 21:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, [and] Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes;

Context

v.15and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,

v.16This passage

v.17And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Samuel 6:9

    And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border 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 Chronicles 6:59

    and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs;

  • 1 Samuel 6:12

    And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they 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.

  • Joshua 15:55

    Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,

  • Joshua 15:10

    and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;

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