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1 Chronicles 6:55

Hebron

53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

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BSB
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.
KJV
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
WEB
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;
ASV
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;
DARBY
and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;
BLB
And they gave to them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its surrounding pasturelands.
ÅB
de fikk Hebron i Juda land med tilhørende jorder rundt omkring;
OTB
De ga dem Hebron i Judas land og dets omkringliggende beitemarker,
B1930
de fikk Hebron i Juda land med tilhørende jorder rundt omkring;

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  • Joshua 14:13

    And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

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  • Joshua 15:13

    And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

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  • Joshua 21:11–13

    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.

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  • Judges 1:20

    And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

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