Joshua 21:12

But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh for a possession.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11And they gave to them Kiriath-arba the metropolis of the sons of Anak; this is Hebron in the mountain country of Judah, and the suburbs round it.

13And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Libnah and the suburbs belonging to it;

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Cross References

Joshua 14:15And the name of Hebron before was the city Arba, it is the metropolis of the Anakim: and the land rested from war.

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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