Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Joshua 21:16 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Joshua 21:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 21 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.”
Joshua 21:16 (KJV)
Commentary on Joshua 21:16
Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes (עַיִן וְיֻתָּה וּבֵית־שֶׁמֶשׁ, Ayin veYuttah uVeit-Shemesh)—Beth-shemesh ("house of the sun") carried pagan connotations, likely a former Canaanite solar worship site, yet became a Levitical city. This site later witnessed the judgment upon those who looked into the ark of the covenant (1 Samuel 6:19-20), demonstrating that proximity to holiness without reverence brings destruction. The phrase nine cities out of those two tribes (תֵּשַׁע עָרִים מֵאֵת שְׁנֵי הַשְּׁבָטִים הָ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Joshua 21:16
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“Carmel”
“and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs;”
“and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon)”
“and Ether”
“then he has done us this great evil: but if not”
“lowing as they went”