Joshua 21:11-16 in English

¹¹ And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

¹² But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with its suburbs,

¹⁴ and Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

¹⁵ and Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,

¹⁶ and Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ And they gave to them Cariatharboc the metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain country of Juda, and the suburbs round it.

¹² But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.

¹³ And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it;

¹⁴ and Ælom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs;

¹⁵ and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;

¹⁶ and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Bæthsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.

¹¹ And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

¹² But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

¹⁴ And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

¹⁵ And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

¹⁶ And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

¹² But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

¹⁴ And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

¹⁵ And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

¹⁶ And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ And they gave to them Cariatharboc the metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain country of Juda, and the suburbs round it.

¹² But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.

¹³ And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it;

¹⁴ and Aelom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs;

¹⁵ and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;

¹⁶ and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Baethsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.

¹¹ And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak, (the same is Hebron,) in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

¹² But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with her suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with her suburbs;

¹⁴ and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs;

¹⁵ and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs;

¹⁶ and Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ They allotted to them Kiriath-Arba (which is now named Hebron), in the hilly area of Judah. Arba received its name because Arba was the ancestor of the giants of the Anak people-group.

¹² But the fields and villages surrounding Arba had already been allotted to Caleb.

¹³ They allotted to them Hebron, which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected. They also allotted to the Kohath clan the cities of Libnah,

¹⁴ Jattir, Eshtemoa,

¹⁵ Holon, Debir,

¹⁶ Ain, Juttah, and Beth-Shemesh. Altogether they were allotted those nine cities which were located in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Judah and Simeon.

¹¹ And they gave to them Cariatharboc the metropolis of the sons of Enac; this is Chebron in the mountain country of Juda, and the suburbs round it.

¹² But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne for a possession.

¹³ And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Chebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Lemna and the suburbs belonging to it;

¹⁴ and Aelom and its suburbs; and Tema and its suburbs;

¹⁵ and Gella and its suburbs; and Dabir and its suburbs;

¹⁶ and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Baethsamys and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.

¹¹ They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.

¹² But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,

¹⁴ Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

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

¹⁶ Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.

¹² But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,

¹⁴ Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

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

¹⁶ Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.

¹² But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,

¹⁴ Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

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

¹⁶ Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.

¹² But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.

¹³ And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;

¹⁴ And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;

¹⁵ And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;

¹⁶ And Ain, and Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, with their grass-lands; nine towns from those two tribes.

¹¹ and they gave them Kirjath-Arba, which Arba was the father of Anak, that is, Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with its suburbs round about it.

¹² But the fields of the city and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ And they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron and its suburbs; and Libnah and its suburbs,

¹⁴ and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

¹⁵ and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,

¹⁶ and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities out of those two tribes;

¹¹ The city of Arbe the father of Enac, which is called Hebron, in the mountain of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about.

¹² But the fields and the villages thereof he had given to Caleb the son of Jephone for his possession.

¹³ He gave therefore to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof: and Lobna with the suburbs thereof,

¹⁴ And Jether and Estemo,

¹⁵ And Holon, and Dabir,

¹⁶ And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.

¹¹ Kiriath-arba (or Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, together with the pastures around it. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

¹² But the more distant fields from the town and the villages had been given to Caleb son of Jephunneh to own.

¹³ They gave to the descendants of Aaron the priest the following towns and their pastures: Hebron (a sanctuary town for those who accidentally committed murder), Libnah,

¹⁴ Jattir, Eshtemoa,

¹⁵ Holon, Debir,

¹⁶ Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine towns from these two tribes.

¹¹ So they gaue them Kiriath-arba of the father of Anok (which is Hebron) in the mountaine of Iudah, with the suburbes of the same round about it.

¹² (But the lande of the citie, and the villages thereof, gaue they to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh to be his possession)

¹³ Thus they gaue to the children of Aaron the Priest, a citie of refuge for the slaier, euen Hebron with her suburbes, and Libnah with her suburbes,

¹⁴ And Iattir with her suburbes, and Eshtemoa, and her suburbes,

¹⁵ And Holon with her suburbes, and Debir with her suburbes,

¹⁶ And Ain with her suburbes, and Iuttah with her suburbes, Beth-shemesh with her suburbes: nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak — the same is Hebron — in the hill-country of Judah, with the open land round about it.

¹² But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with the open land about it, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with the open land about it;

¹⁴ and Jattir with the open land about it, and Eshtemoa with the open land about it;

¹⁵ and Holon with the open land about it, and Debir with the open land about it;

¹⁶ and Ain with the open land about it, and Juttah with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it; nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ And they gave them the city of Arbah the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

¹² But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,

¹⁴ and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

¹⁵ and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

¹⁶ and Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ And they gave unto them Kiryath-arba', the father of 'Anak, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah, with the open spaces thereof round about it;

¹² But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Yephunneh for his possession.

¹³ And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hebron with its open spaces, and Libnah with its open spaces,

¹⁴ And Yattir with its open spaces, and Eshtemoa' with its open spaces.

¹⁵ And Cholon with its open spaces, and Debir with its open spaces,

¹⁶ And 'Ayin with its open spaces, and Yuttah with its open spaces, and Beth-shemesh with its open spaces: nine cities from those two tribes.

¹¹ And they gave to them Kiriath-arba the metropolis of the sons of Anak; this is Hebron in the mountain country of Judah, and the suburbs round it.

¹² But the lands of the city, and its villages Joshua gave to the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh for a possession.

¹³ And to the sons of Aaron he gave the city of refuge for the slayer, Hebron, and the suburbs belonging to it; and Libnah and the suburbs belonging to it;

¹⁴ and Aelom and its suburbs; and Eshtemoa and its suburbs;

¹⁵ and Holon and its suburbs; and Debir and its suburbs;

¹⁶ and Asa and its suburbs; and Tany and its suburbs; and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs: nine cities from these two tribes.

¹¹ The Israelites gave them Kiriath Arba (Arba had been the father of Anak), the same place as Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the pasturelands around it.

¹² But the fields of the city, including their villages, were already given to Caleb son of Jephunneh, as his possession.

¹³ To the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasturelands—which was a city of refuge for any who killed another unintentionally—and Libnah with its pasturelands,

¹⁴ Jattir with its pasturelands, and Eshtemoa with its pasturelands.

¹⁵ They also gave Holon with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands,

¹⁶ Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasturelands. There were nine cities that were given from these two tribes.

¹¹ They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.

¹² But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,

¹⁴ Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

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

¹⁶ Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.

¹² But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,

¹⁴ Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

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

¹⁶ Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak (which city is Hebron) in the hill -country of Judah, with its suburbs round it.

¹² But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its suburbs,

¹⁴ And Jattir with its suburbs, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,

¹⁵ And Holon with its suburbs, and Debir with its suburbs,

¹⁶ And Ain with its suburbs, and Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.

¹² But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,

¹⁴ Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

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

¹⁶ Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.

¹² But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,

¹⁴ Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,

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

¹⁶ Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹¹ Kiriatharba, of the father of Anak, which is called Hebron, in the hill of Judah, and the suburbs thereof by compass;

¹² soothly he gave the fields and towns thereof to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, to have in possession.

¹³ Therefore Joshua gave to the sons of Aaron, the priest, Hebron, to be a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof, and Libnah with his suburbs,

¹⁴ and Jattir, and Eshtemoa,

¹⁵ and Holon, and Debir,

¹⁶ and Ain, and Juttah, and Bethshe-mesh, with their suburbs; nine cities, of the two lineages, as it is said.

¹¹ Kiriatharba, of the father of Anak, which is called Hebron, in the hill of Judah, and the suburbs thereof by compass; (Kiriatharba, that is, the City of Arba, who was the father of the Anak, that is, the Anakim, in the hill country of Judah, which is now called Hebron, and the suburbs around it;)

¹² soothly he gave the fields and towns thereof to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, to have in possession. (and he gave its fields and towns to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, to have for a possession.)

¹³ Therefore Joshua gave to the sons of Aaron, the priest, Hebron, to be a city of refuge, and the suburbs thereof, and Libnah with his suburbs (or and Libnah with its suburbs),

¹⁴ and Jattir, and Eshtemoa,

¹⁵ and Holon, and Debir,

¹⁶ and Ain, and Juttah, and Bethshemesh, with their suburbs; nine cities, of the two lineages, as it is said, (or nine cities, from these two tribes).

¹¹ and they give to them the city of Arba father of Anak (it is Hebron), in the hill-country of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

¹² and the field of the city and its villages they have given to Caleb son of Jephunneh for his possession.

¹³ And to the sons of Aaron the priest they have given the city of refuge for the man-slayer, Hebron and its suburbs, and Libnah and its suburbs,

¹⁴ and Jattir and its suburbs, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

¹⁵ and Holon and its suburbs, and Debir and its suburbs,

¹⁶ and Ain and its suburbs, and Juttah and its suburbs, Beth-Shemesh and its suburbs; nine cities out of these two tribes.