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Gathrimmon

Gathrimmon (press of the pomegranate) 1. A city given out of the tribe of Dan to the Levites. (Joshua 21:24; 1Chronicles 6:69) situated on the plain of Philistia, apparently not far from Joppa. (Joshua 19:45)...

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Gathrimmon (press of the pomegranate)

1. A city given out of the tribe of Dan to the Levites. (Joshua 21:24; 1Chronicles 6:69) situated on the plain of Philistia, apparently not far from Joppa. (Joshua 19:45)

2. A town of the half tribe of Manasseh west of the Jordan, assigned to the Levites. (Joshua 21:25) The reading Gath-rimmon is probably an error of the transcribers.

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