Josua 21:16

16 und Ain und seine Bezirke, und Jutta und seine Bezirke, und Beth-Semes und seine Bezirke: neun Städte von diesen beiden Stämmen.

Josua 21:16 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:16

And Ain with her suburbs (See Gill on Joshua 15:32); and Juttah with her suburbs; (See Gill on Joshua 15:55); [and] Bethshemesh with her suburbs;
which is not mentioned among the cities of Judah, ( Joshua 15:21-63 ) ; only as in the borders of it, ( Joshua 21:10 ) ; and perhaps is the same Bethshemesh to which the ark was directed by the Philistines from Ashdod, ( 1 Samuel 6:9 1 Samuel 6:12 ) ; in it formerly was a temple dedicated to the sun, from whence it had its name: nine cities out of those two tribes;
and they seem all but one, which is Ain, to be of the tribe of Judah, and that originally belonged to it; and as that tribe had the largest number of cities in its lot, the more were given out of it to the Levites, according to a rule prescribed, ( Numbers 35:8 ) .

Josua 21:16 In-Context

14 und Jattir und seine Bezirke, und Eschtemoa und seine Bezirke,

15 und Holon und seine Bezirke, und Debir und seine Bezirke,

16 und Ain und seine Bezirke, und Jutta und seine Bezirke, und Beth-Semes und seine Bezirke: neun Städte von diesen beiden Stämmen.

17 Und vom Stamme Benjamin: Gibeon und seine Bezirke, Geba und seine Bezirke,

18 Anathoth und seine Bezirke, und Almon und seine Bezirke: vier Städte.