11 (A)They gave them (B)Kiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, (C)in the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it.

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13 And to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, (A)the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasturelands, (B)Libnah with its pasturelands,

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13 Then Joshua (A)blessed him, and he gave (B)Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. 14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, (C)because he wholly followed the Lord, the God of Israel. 15 (D)Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba.[a] (Arba[b] was the greatest man among the Anakim.) (E)And the land had rest from war.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 14:15 Kiriath-arba means the city of Arba
  2. Joshua 14:15 Hebrew He

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