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Joshua 21:11
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Joshua 21:11
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They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
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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.
ESV
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They gave them Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it.
NLT
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Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands. (Arba was an ancestor of Anak.)
MSG
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Kiriath Arba (Arba was the ancestor of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hills of Judah, with access to the pastures around it.
CSB
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They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) with its surrounding pasturelands in the hill country of Judah. Arba was the father of Anak.
Joshua 21:11 In-Context
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From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name
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(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):
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They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
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But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
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So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,
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Genesis 23:2
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Joshua 10:36
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Joshua 15:13
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1 Chronicles 6:55
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