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- Chapter 21
- Verse 16
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
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Gill's Exposition
And Ain with her suburbs,.... See Gill on Jos 15:32,
and Juttah with her suburbs; See Gill on Jos 15:55,
and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; which is not mentioned among the cities of Judah, Jos…
The thirteen priestly cities (see the marginal references) were all in the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. Thus, as Calvin remarks, God so overruled it that the priestly families were placed…
We have here a particular account of the cities which were given to the children of Levi out of the several tribes, not only to be occupied and inhabited by them, as tenants to the several tribes in…
Cambridge Bible
Ain, see Jos 15:32; Jos 19:7; Juttah, Jos 15:55; Beth-shemesh, Jos 15:10.
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