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VERSE STUDY • KJV

Joshua 21:12

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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.

Read it in 5 translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

WEB World English Bible

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

ASV American Standard Version

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

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.

Surrounding context — Joshua 21

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 Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

13 Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, [to be] a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

15 And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

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Original-language word links

These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׂדֵ֥הH7704 · sa.daySirionהָעִ֖ירH5892 · irexcitementוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חֲצֵרֶ֑יהָH2691 · cha.tsercourtנָֽתְנ֛וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveלְכָלֵ֥בH3612 · ka.levCalebבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childיְפֻנֶּ֖הH3312 · ye.phun.nehJephunnehבַּאֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ׃ סH272 · a.chuz.zahpossession

Cross-references

1 Chronicles 6:55-57And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.Joshua 14:13-15And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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