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Joshua 21:12
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KJ21
But the fields of the city and the villages thereof gave they 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.
AMP
But the fields of the city and its villages they had given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his property.
AMPC
But the city’s fields and villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his own.
BRG
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
CSB
But they gave the fields and settlements of the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
CSBA
But they gave the fields and settlements of the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
CEB
But they had already given the fields of the city and its surrounding areas to Caleb, Jephunneh’s son, as his property.
CJB
but the fields and villages of the city they gave to Kalev the son of Y’funeh as his possession.
CEV
The descendants of Aaron from the Kohath clans of Levi were priests, and they were chosen to receive towns first. They were given 13 towns and the pastureland around them. Nine of these towns were from the tribes of Judah and Simeon and four from Benjamin. Hebron, Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Holon, Debir, Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-Shemesh were from Judah and Simeon. Hebron, located in the hill country of Judah, was earlier called Arba's Town. It had been named after Arba, the ancestor of the Anakim. Hebron's pasturelands went along with the town, but its farmlands and the villages around it had been given to Caleb. Hebron was also one of the Safe Towns for people who had accidentally killed someone. Gibeon, Geba, Anathoth, and Almon were from Benjamin.
DARBY
But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
DRA
But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession.
ERV
But the fields and the small towns around the city of Kiriath Arba belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
EASY
But the fields and villages near Hebron belonged to Caleb, son of Jephunneh.
EHV
But the outlying countryside of the city and its villages they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
ESV
But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
ESVUK
But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
EXB
But the fields and the villages around Kiriath Arba had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh [L as his possession].
GNV
(But the land of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh to be his possession.)
GW
But they gave its fields and villages to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
GNT
However, the fields of the city, as well as its towns, had already been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
HCSB
But they gave the fields and villages of the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
ICB
But the fields and the small towns around the city of Kiriath Arba had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
ISV
But the fields adjoining the city and its surrounding villages were given to Jephunneh’s son Caleb.
JUB
But the fields of the city and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
KJV
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
AKJV
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
LSB
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
LEB
But the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.
TLB
First to receive their assignment were the priests—the descendants of Aaron, who was a member of the Kohath division of the Levites. The tribes of Judah and Simeon gave them the nine cities listed below, with their surrounding pasturelands: Hebron, in the Judean hills, as a City of Refuge—it was also called Kiriath-arba (Arba was the father of Anak)—although the fields beyond the city and the surrounding villages were given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh; Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Holon, Debir, Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh.
MSG
Kiriath Arba (Arba was the ancestor of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hills of Judah, with access to the pastures around it. The fields of the city and its open lands they had already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
MEV
(Now they had assigned the city’s fields and its surrounding villages to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)
NOG
But they gave its fields and villages to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
NABRE
although the open country and villages belonging to the city had been given to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, as his holding.
NASB
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
NASB1995
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
NCB
but the fields belonging to the city and the towns surrounding it had already been given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his possession.
NCV
But the fields and the villages around Kiriath Arba had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
NET
(Now the city’s fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)
NIRV
But Israel had already given away the fields and villages around the city. They had given them to Caleb as his share. Caleb was the son of Jephunneh.
NIV
But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
NIVUK
But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
NKJV
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.
NLV
But the city’s fields and towns had been given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his own.
NLT
But the open fields beyond the town and the surrounding villages were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
NRSVA
But the fields of the town and its villages had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his holding.
NRSVACE
But the fields of the town and its villages had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his holding.
NRSVCE
But the fields of the town and its villages had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his holding.
NRSVUE
But the fields of the town and its villages had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his holding.
OJB
But the sadeh haIr, and the villages thereof, they gave to Kalev ben Yephunneh for his achuzzah (possession, property, estate).
RGT
But the land of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, to be his possession.
RSV
But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephun′neh as his possession.
RSVCE
But the fields of the city and its villages had been given to Caleb the son of Jephun′neh as his possession.
TLV
But the fields of the city and its villages they had already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
VOICE
The fields and villages of the town had already been granted to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, for his inheritance.
WEB
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
WYC
soothly he gave the fields and towns thereof to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, to have in possession. (and he gave its fields and towns to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, to have for a possession.)
YLT
and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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