Joshua 21:12
What does Joshua 21:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 21:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
KJV
King James Version · 1611But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Context
v.11And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
v.12This passage
v.13And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 14:13
And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
- 1 Chronicles 6:55
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;
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