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Joshua 21:12

CalebJephunneh

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.)

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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BSB
But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
KJV
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
WEB
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages 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.
DARBY
But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
BLB
And the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
ÅB
men byens mark og dens landsbyer gav de Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, til eiendom.
OTB
Men markene og landsbyene rundt byen hadde blitt gitt til Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, som hans eiendom.
B1930
men byens mark og dens landsbyer gav de Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, til eiendom.

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