Joshua 21:12

Yet truly, the fields and its villages he had given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as a possession.

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But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

In Context

11the city of Arba, the father of Anak, which is called Hebron, on the mountain of Judah, and its surrounding suburbs.

13Therefore, he gave to the sons of Aaron the priest, Hebron as a city of refuge, as well as its suburbs, and Libnah, with its suburbs,

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Cross References

Joshua 14:15Previously, the name Hebron was called Kiriath-Arba. Adam, the greatest among the Anakim, was laid there. And the land ceased from battles.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 21:10-43

9 And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. 11 And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. 12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to… Read the whole commentary →

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