Joshua 21:12
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Joshua 21:12 in other translations
| BSB | But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession. |
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| WEB | But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. |
| ASV | But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. |
| YLT | and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession. |
| DARBY | But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. |
| BBE | But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property. |
| Webster | But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. |
What does Joshua 21:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 21:9-40
Jos 21:9-42. The Cities of the Priests. 9-40. they gave ... these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 21:9-42
By mixing the Levites with the other tribes, they were made to see that the eyes of all Israel were upon them, and therefore it was their concern to walk so that their ministry might not be blamed. Every tribe had its share of Levites' cities. Thus did God graciously provide for keeping up religion among them, and that they might have the word in all parts of the land. Yet, blessed be God, we have the gospel more…
Joshua 21:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Joshua 21:12
- Joshua 14:13-15
And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel. And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
- 1 Chronicles 6:55-57
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
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Context
- Joshua 21:11
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.
- Joshua 21:12
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
- Joshua 21:13
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,
Joshua 21:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas el campo de aquesta ciudad y sus aldeas dieron á Caleb hijo de Jephone, por su posesión. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais la campagne de la ville et ses hameaux, ils les donnèrent à Caleb, fils de Jephunné, pour sa possession. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Aber das Feld der Stadt und ihre Dörfer gaben sie Kaleb, dem Sohne Jephunnes, als sein Eigentum. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Agros vero et villas ejus dederat Caleb filio Jephone ad possidendum. |