Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Juttah?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Yatta.

First appears in Joshua 15:55 · 2 books · 3 chapters

Overview

Extended, a Levitical city in the mountains or hill-country of Judah (Josh. 15:55; 21:16). Its modern name is Yutta, a place about 5 1/2 miles south of Hebron. Modern identification: Yatta.

Juttah is represented in the local geography layer as Yatta. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:55 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 39 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 39 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 56 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 58 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Juttah today

Travel to Juttah, the modern-day Yatta.

Juttah is commonly identified with Yatta, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Juttah is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Yatta

31.448°N · 35.090°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

1 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention