Joshua 21:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
American King James Version (AKJV)
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.
Webster's Revision
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
World English Bible
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
English Revised Version (ERV)
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Clarke's Joshua 21:12 Bible Commentary
The fields of the city - gave they to Caleb - This was an exclusive privilege to him and his family, with which the grant to the Levites did not interfere. See the notes on Joshua 14:14.
Wesley's Joshua 21:12 Bible Commentary
21:12 The fields and villages - That is, all beyond the two thousand cubits expressed, Numbers 35:5 . This is here mentioned, not as his peculiar case, but as one eminent instance, to shew, that it was so in all the rest of the cities here named; that the fields and villages thereof still belonged to the several tribes from whom the cities and their suburbs were taken; and to make the rest of the Israelites more chearfully resign part of their possessions to the Levites, because even Caleb did so, though his possession had been long before promised, and now actually given to him by God's special command, as a mark of honour and compensation for his long and faithful service.
