Jozua 21:16

16 En Ain en haar voorsteden, en Jutta en haar voorsteden, en Beth-Semes en haar voorsteden; negen steden van deze twee stammen.

Jozua 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 ) .

Jozua 21:16 In-Context

14 En Jatthir en haar voorsteden, en Esthemoa en haar voorsteden;
15 En Holon en haar voorsteden, en Debir en haar voorsteden;
16 En Ain en haar voorsteden, en Jutta en haar voorsteden, en Beth-Semes en haar voorsteden; negen steden van deze twee stammen.
17 En van den stam van Benjamin, Gibeon en haar voorsteden, Geba en haar voorsteden;
18 Anathoth en haar voorsteden, en Almon en haar voorsteden: vier steden.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.