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1 Chronicles 6:55

They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

54Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:

56But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

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Cross References

Joshua 14:13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

Joshua 21:11They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

Judges 1:20Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.

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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