Joshua 21:12

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However, the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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  • Josh 14:13-15 : 13 Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance. 14 So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as his inheritance to this day because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD, the God of Israel. 15 Previously, Hebron had been called Kiriath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.
  • 1 Chr 6:55-57 : 55 From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave Aner with its pasturelands and Bileam with its pasturelands for the remaining families of the Kohathites. 56 To the sons of Gershom, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands. 57 From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands.

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  • 1 Chr 6:55-58
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    55From half the tribe of Manasseh, they gave Aner with its pasturelands and Bileam with its pasturelands for the remaining families of the Kohathites.

    56To the sons of Gershom, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan with its pasturelands and Ashtaroth with its pasturelands.

    57From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kedesh with its pasturelands, Daberath with its pasturelands.

    58Ramoth with its pasturelands, and Anem with its pasturelands.

  • Josh 14:12-15
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    83%

    12So now give me this hill country the LORD promised me on that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakim are there and their cities are large and fortified. Perhaps the LORD will be with me, and I will drive them out as the LORD said.

    13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

    14So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as his inheritance to this day because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.

    15Previously, Hebron had been called Kiriath Arba, named after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

  • Josh 21:9-11
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    9From the tribes of Judah and Simeon, they gave the following cities by name.

    10These cities were for the descendants of Aaron, who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, for the first lot was for them.

    11They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasture lands. Arba was the ancestor of the Anakites.

  • Josh 15:13-14
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    81%

    13To Caleb son of Jephunneh, he was given a portion among the descendants of Judah, based on the Lord’s command to Joshua, the city of Arba (father of Anak), which is Hebron.

    14Caleb expelled from there the three descendants of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the offspring of Anak.

  • Judg 1:20
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    20They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised, and Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from it.

  • Josh 21:13
    77%

    13To the descendants of Aaron, the priest, they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone), along with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands.

  • Judg 1:12-13
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    12Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the one who attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher."

    13Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it, and Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage.

  • Num 34:19
    73%

    19These are the names of the leaders: From the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh.

  • Deut 1:36
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    36except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he walked, because he wholeheartedly followed the LORD.

  • Josh 21:20-22
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    20The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites received cities allotted to them from the tribe of Ephraim.

    21They were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,

    22Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth-horon with its pasture lands—four cities.

  • Num 13:6
    73%

    6from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

  • Josh 15:16-17
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    16Caleb said, 'Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him my daughter Achsah as his wife.'

    17Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, captured it, so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as his wife.

  • Josh 21:42-43
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    42Each of these cities had its surrounding pasture lands. This was true for all these cities.

    43So the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give to their ancestors, and they took possession of it and settled there.

  • Josh 21:2-3
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    72%

    2They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, 'The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with pasture lands for our livestock.'

    3So the Israelites gave the Levites, according to the LORD’s command, the following cities and pasture lands from their inheritance.

  • Josh 19:49-50
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    49When they had finished distributing the land by its borders, the Israelites gave an inheritance among them to Joshua son of Nun.

    50As instructed by the LORD, they gave him the city he asked for—Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. He built up the city and settled there.

  • Josh 14:1
    71%

    1These are the territories the Israelites inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the ancestral tribes allotted to the Israelites.

  • Josh 20:7
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    7So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

  • Num 13:30
    70%

    30Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”

  • Num 14:24
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    24But because my servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he went to, and his descendants will inherit it.

  • Num 35:2
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    2Command the Israelites to give the Levites cities to live in from their inheritance, and give them pasture lands around the cities.

  • Judg 1:15
    70%

    15She answered him, "Give me a blessing, since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water as well." So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

  • Lev 25:34
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    34But the fields of the pastureland belonging to their cities must not be sold, for they are their permanent possession.

  • Josh 14:4-6
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    69%

    4The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites did not receive a portion of land but were instead given cities to live in, with pasturelands for their livestock and possessions.

    5The Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses and divided the land.

    6The descendants of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, 'You know the word the LORD spoke to Moses, the man of God, about you and me in Kadesh Barnea.'

  • Josh 21:15
    69%

    15Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands.

  • Neh 11:25
    69%

    25As for the villages with their fields, some of the people from Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its surrounding villages, in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages.

  • Josh 15:20
    69%

    20This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Judah, by their clans.

  • 2 Chr 11:10
    69%

    10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

  • Josh 21:31
    69%

    31Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands—four cities.

  • Ps 135:12
    69%

    12He gave their land as an inheritance, an inheritance to His people Israel.