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1 Chronicles 6:59
Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records a list of Levitical cities allocated from the tribal territories of Judah and Simeon. This inventory occurs within a broader territorial survey of the priestly and Levitical distributions.
The words — The Hebrew term מִגְרָשֶׁ֔י/הָ (migra'sheiha) denotes the open pasturelands or grazing fields surrounding the named towns. It appears repeatedly in the city allocation lists to specify the agricultural support attached to each settlement.
The thread — The same three towns and their pasturelands appear in Joshua 21:16 as part of the priestly inheritance. Joshua 15:42 and 15:10 also mention Ashan and Beth-shemesh within the southern tribal borders.
Why it lands — The text functions as an administrative record of land distribution rather than a theological declaration. It requires the reader to recognize the precise, documented provision made for the Levitical tribes.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs:
Cross-references
- Joshua 21:16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
- Joshua 15:42 Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
- Joshua 15:10 The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.
- 1 Samuel 6:12 And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
- 1 Chronicles 4:32 And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—
- Jeremiah 43:13 He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”