Joshua 21:12

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(Now the city’s fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.)

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  • Josh 14:13-15 : 13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron. 14 So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day because he remained loyal to the LORD God of Israel. 15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.) Then the land was free of war.
  • 1 Chr 6:55-57 : 55 They were allotted Hebron in the territory of Judah, as well as its surrounding pasturelands. 56 (But the city’s land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.) 57 The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

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  • 1 Chr 6:55-58
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    55They were allotted Hebron in the territory of Judah, as well as its surrounding pasturelands.

    56(But the city’s land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)

    57The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

    58Hilez and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,

  • Josh 14:12-15
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    12Now, assign me this hill country which the LORD promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. But, assuming the LORD is with me, I will conquer them, as the LORD promised.”

    13Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.

    14So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day because he remained loyal to the LORD God of Israel.

    15(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.) Then the land was free of war.

  • Josh 21:9-11
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    9They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below.

    10They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them.

    11They assigned them Kiriath Arba(Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas.

  • Josh 15:13-14
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    13Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba(that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the LORD’s instructions to Joshua.(Arba was the father of Anak.)

    14Caleb drove out from there three Anakites– Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

  • Judg 1:20
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    20Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites.

  • Josh 21:13
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    13So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah,

  • Judg 1:12-13
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    12Caleb said,“To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife.”

    13When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah as a wife.

  • Num 34:19
    73%

    19These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

  • Deut 1:36
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    36The exception is Caleb son of Jephunneh; he will see it and I will give him and his descendants the territory on which he has walked, because he has wholeheartedly followed me.”

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

    21They assigned them Shechem(a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

    22Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities.

  • Num 13:6
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    6from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;

  • Josh 15:16-17
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    16Caleb said,“To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Achsah as a wife.”

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

  • Josh 21:42-43
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    42Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard.

    43So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, and they conquered it and lived in it.

  • Josh 21:2-3
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    2in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said,“The LORD told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle.”

    3So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the LORD had instructed.

  • Josh 19:49-50
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    49Joshua Receives Land When they finished dividing the land into its regions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun some land.

    50As the LORD had instructed, they gave him the city he requested– Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it.

  • Josh 14:1
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    1Judah’s Tribal Lands The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders.

  • Josh 20:7
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    7So they selected 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
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    30Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying,“Let us go up and occupy it, for we are well able to conquer it.”

  • Num 14:24
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    24Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully– I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it.

  • Num 35:2
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    2“Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns.

  • Judg 1:15
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    15She answered,“Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

  • Lev 25:34
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    34Moreover, the open field areas of their cities must not be sold, because that is their perpetual possession.

  • Josh 14:4-6
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    69%

    4The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.

    5The Israelites followed the LORD’s instructions to Moses and divided up the land.

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

  • Josh 21:15
    69%

    15Holon, Debir,

  • Neh 11:25
    69%

    25As for the settlements with their fields, some of the people of Judah settled in Kiriath Arba and its neighboring villages, in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its settlements,

  • Josh 15:20
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    20This is the land assigned to the tribe of Judah by its clans:

  • 2 Chr 11:10
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    10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.

  • Josh 21:31
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    31Helkath, and Rehob, along with the grazing areas of each– a total of four cities;

  • Ps 135:12
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    12He gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance to Israel his people.