JOSHUA 21:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession — Caleb, the faithful spy who wholly followed the LORD (Numbers 14:24), receives the fields surrounding Hebron as personal inheritance. This remarkable provision honors Caleb's covenantal faithfulness; he becomes the only non-Levite to receive settled property within a Levitical city. Theologically, Caleb's special status reflects the principle that covenant faithfulness receives special reward.
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