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Territories for the Levites

1 Chronicles 6:55

In 11 translations

BSB
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.
KJV
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
WEB
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;
ASV
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;
LSV
and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its outskirts around it;
YLT
and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its suburbs round about it;
DBY
and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;
DRC
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:
GNV
So they gaue them Hebron in the lande of Iudah and the suburbes thereof rounde about it.
JPS6:40
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the open land round about it;
LXXE6:40
And they gave them Chebron in the land of Juda, and its suburbs round about it.

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Original-language editions

WLC6:40
וַֽיִּתְּנ֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם אֶת־חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּאֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאֶת־מִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָ סְבִיבֹתֶֽיהָ׃KJV:1Chr.6.55
LXX-Br6:40
Καὶ ἔδωκαν αὐτοῖς τὴν Χεβρὼν ἐν γῇ Ἰούδα, καὶ τὰ περισπόρια αὐτῆς κύκλῳ αὐτῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 14:13Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
  • Joshua 15:13According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
  • Joshua 21:11–13They 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…
  • Judges 1:20Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.

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  • 6:40 in some Bibles
  • 6:55 in most Bibles

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