Ain (; from the Hebrew עין for spring) was a Levitical city in the ancient Tribe of Judah territory.Green, Jay P., & Robinson, Maurice Dr, Concise Lexicon to the Biblical Languages, Sovereign Grace Publishers, Inc., Lafayette, 2007, p.176
History Ain is referred to in the Bible in the Book of Joshua as a city allotted to the tribe of JudahJoshua 15:32 and as a village allotted to the tribe of Simeon, whose territory lay within the land allotted to the tribe of Judah.Joshua 19:7 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.
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