Ain (; from the Hebrew עין for spring) was a Levitical city in the ancient Tribe of Judah territory.[1]
Ain is referred to in the Bible in the Book of Joshua as a city allotted to the tribe of Judah[2] and as a village allotted to the tribe of Simeon, whose territory lay within the land allotted to the tribe of Judah.[3] 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.