Joshua 21:12
“But the fields of the citie, and the villages thereof, gaue they to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, for his possession.”
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Joshua 21:12 Context
10Which the children of Aaron being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Leui, had: (for theirs was the first lot.) 11And they gaue them the citie of Arbah the father of Anak (which citie is Hebron) in the hill countrey of Iudah, with þe suburbs thereof round about it. 12But the fields of the citie, and the villages thereof, gaue they to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, for his possession. 13¶ Thus they gaue to the children of Aaron the Priest Hebron with her suburbs to bee a citie of refuge for the slayer, and Libnah with her suburbs, 14And Iattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs:
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Other Translations for Joshua 21:12
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
- King James Version
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
- American Standard Version (1901)
But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.
- Basic English Bible
But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
- Darby Bible
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
- Webster's Bible
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
- World English Bible
and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.
- Youngs Literal Bible
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Joshua 21:12
21:12 The fields and villages - That is, all beyond the two thousand cubits expressed, #Numb 35:5|. This is here mentioned, not as his peculiar case, but as one eminent instance, to shew, that it was so in all the rest of the cities here named; that the fields and villages thereof still belonged to the several tribes from whom the cities and their suburbs were taken; and to make the rest of the Israelites more chearfully resign part of their possessions to the Levites, because even Caleb did so, though his possession had been long before promised, and now actually given to him by God's special command, as a mark of honour and compensation for his long and faithful service.