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Josva 21,12

CalebJephunneh

10 Disse byene var for etterkommerne av Aron, fra kehatittenes klaner av levittene, da deres lodd var først.

11 De ga dem Kirjat-Arba (det vil si Hebron), med dens omkringliggende beitemarker, i fjellandet Juda. (Arba var far til Anak-linjen.)

Men markene og landsbyene rundt byen hadde blitt gitt til Kaleb, Jefunnes sønn, som hans eiendom.

13 Så de ga byen Hebron til Arons etterkommere. (en tilfluktsby for den som hadde drept noen utilsiktet), de ga også Arons etterkommere byene Libna,

14 Jattir og Esjtemoa,

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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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