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Ain (Bible)
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “town in ancient palestine”. Today it says “levitical city in the ancient tribe of judah territory”.
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Ain ( / ˈ eɪ j ɪ n / ; from the Hebrew עין for spring ) was a Levitical city in the ancient Tribe of Judah territory. It is referred to in the Bible in the Book of Joshua as a city allotted to the tribe of Judah and as a village allotted to the tribe of Simeon , whose territory lay within the land allotted to the tribe of Judah. Ain was one of the southernmost cities of Judah, towards the Dead Sea coast of Edom , on the border of the Negev between Shilhim and Rimmon .1
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “town in ancient palestine”. Today it says “levitical city in the ancient tribe of judah territory”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
town in ancient palestine
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levitical city in the ancient tribe of judah territory
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