1 Chronicles 6:55

and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its outskirts around it;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

In Context

54And these [are] their dwellings, throughout their towers, in their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathite, for the lot was theirs;

56and they gave the field of the city and its villages to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

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Cross References

Joshua 14:13And Joshua blesses him, and gives Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance,

Joshua 21:11and they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it [is] Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its outskirts around it;

Judges 1:20And they give Hebron to Caleb, as Moses has spoken, and he dispossesses the three sons of Anak there.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 6:55-81

The Cities of the Levites. ( b. c. 1444.) 54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs,… Read the whole commentary →

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