59 [a]Ashan with its common-lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands.

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59 Ashan,(A) Juttah[a] and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 6:59 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Joshua 21:16); Hebrew does not have Juttah.

16 (A)Ain with its common-land, (B)Juttah with its common-land, and (C)Beth Shemesh with its common-land: nine cities from those two tribes;

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16 Ain,(A) Juttah(B) and Beth Shemesh,(C) together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.

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42 (A)Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

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13 He shall also break the sacred pillars of [a]Beth Shemesh that are in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians he shall burn with fire.” ’ ”

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  1. Jeremiah 43:13 Lit. House of the Sun, ancient On, later called Heliopolis

13 There in the temple of the sun[a](A) in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars(B) and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 43:13 Or in Heliopolis

32 And their villages were [a]Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities—

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  1. 1 Chronicles 4:32 Ether, Josh. 19:7

32 Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain,(A) Rimmon, Token and Ashan(B)—five towns—

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12 Then the cows headed straight for the road to Beth Shemesh, and went along the (A)highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or the left. And the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.

13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were reaping their (B)wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 Then the cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there; a large stone was there. So they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord. 15 The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large stone. Then the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices the same day to the Lord. 16 So when (C)the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.

17 (D)These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for (E)Gath, one for Ekron; 18 and the golden rats, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages, even as far as the large stone of Abel on which they set the ark of the Lord, which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

19 Then (F)He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. [a]He (G)struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people lamented because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.

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  1. 1 Samuel 6:19 Or He struck seventy men of the people and fifty oxen of a man

12 Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.

13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat(A) in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they rejoiced at the sight. 14 The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and there it stopped beside a large rock. The people chopped up the wood of the cart and sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering(B) to the Lord. 15 The Levites(C) took down the ark of the Lord, together with the chest containing the gold objects, and placed them on the large rock.(D) On that day the people of Beth Shemesh(E) offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord. 16 The five rulers of the Philistines saw all this and then returned that same day to Ekron.

17 These are the gold tumors the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the Lord—one each(F) for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. 18 And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of Philistine towns belonging to the five rulers—the fortified towns with their country villages. The large rock on which the Levites set the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

19 But God struck down(G) some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy[a] of them to death because they looked(H) into the ark of the Lord. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had dealt them.

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  1. 1 Samuel 6:19 A few Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint 50,070

10 Then the border [a]turned westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (which is Chesalon), went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed on to (A)Timnah.

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  1. Joshua 15:10 turned around

10 Then it curved westward from Baalah(A) to Mount Seir,(B) ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Kesalon), continued down to Beth Shemesh(C) and crossed to Timnah.(D)

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