Joshua 21:12

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

Joshua 21:12 in Other Translations

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

12 But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

12 But the open fields beyond the town and the surrounding villages were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

12 The fields of the city and its open lands they had already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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

Joshua 21:12 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 21:12

But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof
Which lay beyond the two thousand cubits:

gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh, for his possession;
as Moses had promised, and Joshua had confirmed to him; and now the children of Israel gave them to him, and put him in the possession of, ( Joshua 14:6 Joshua 14:13 ) ( 15:13 ) ; and the same is to be observed of all the other cities given to the Levites, that they and their suburbs, extending to such a distance only, were given to them; but the fields and villages, which belonged to them, continued the inheritance of the tribes in which they were.

Joshua 21:12 In-Context

10 (these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):

11 They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

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

13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,

14 Jattir, Eshtemoa,

Cross References

• 1. S Joshua 15:13