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Ain

Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(spring, well).

• One of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine. (Numbers 34:11) It is probably ’Ain el-’Azy, the main source of the Orontes.

• One of the southernmost cities of Judah, (Joshua 15:32) afterwards allotted to Simeon, (Joshua 19:7; 1 Chronicles 4:32) and given to the priests. (Joshua 21:16)

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