Joshua 21:12

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Joshua 21:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 to the descendants of Aaron 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 pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)

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

13 So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,

14 Jattir, Eshtemoa,

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Joshua 14:13

Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

Joshua 14:14

Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

Joshua 14:15

(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.

1 Chronicles 6:55

They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:56

But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

1 Chronicles 6:57

So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,