1 Chronicles 6:56

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
but the fields and settlements around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Hebrew Names Version
but the fields of the city, and the villages of it, they gave to Kalev the son of Yefunneh.

King James Version
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

English Standard Version
but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

New Century Version
but the fields farther from the city and the villages near Hebron were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

New English Translation
(But the city's land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.)

Amplified Bible
but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

New American Standard Bible
but they gave the fields of the city and its settlements to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

World English Bible
but the fields of the city, and the villages of it, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But the fielde of the citie, and the villages thereof they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh.

Legacy Standard Bible
but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Berean Standard Bible
But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Contemporary English Version
But the farmland and villages around Hebron were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Complete Jewish Bible
The descendants of Gershom were given, from the clans of the half-tribe of M'nasheh: Golan in Bashan with the surrounding open land and ‘Ashtarot with the surrounding open land;

Darby Translation
but the fields of the city, and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Easy-to-Read Version
But the fields farther from town and the villages near the town of Hebron were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

George Lamsa Translation
But all the fields of the city, and those which were round about it, they gave to Caleb the son of Jophaniah.

Good News Translation
The fields and villages, however, that belonged to the city were assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Lexham English Bible
but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Literal Translation
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the felde of ye cite & the vyllages therof, gaue they vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune.

American Standard Version
but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Bible in Basic English
But the open country of the town, and the small places round it, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the fieldes of the citie and the villages pertayning thereto, they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephune.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with the open land about it, and Ashtaroth with the open land about it;

King James Version (1611)
But the fields of the citie, and the villages thereof, they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Chaleb the son of Jephonne.

English Revised Version
but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
sotheli thei yauen the feeldis and townes of the citees to Caleph, sone of Jephone.

Update Bible Version
but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

New King James Version
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

New Living Translation
but the fields and outlying areas belonging to the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

New Life Bible
But the fields of the city and its towns were given to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

New Revised Standard
but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but, the field-land of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the fields of the city, and the villages to Caleb son of Jephone.

Revised Standard Version
but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephun'neh.

Young's Literal Translation
and the field of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Contextual Overview

⁵⁴And these are the places where the priestly families were assigned to live. The first assignment went by lot to the sons of Aaron of the Kohathite family; they were given Hebron in the land of Judah and all the neighboring pastures. Caleb the son of Jephunneh got the fields and villages around the city. The family of Aaron was also given the cities of refuge, with pastures included: Hebron, Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, Hilen, Debir, Ashan, and Beth Shemesh. They were also given Geba from the tribe of Benjamin, Alemeth, and Anathoth, all with pastures included. In all, thirteen cities were distributed among the Kohathite families. The rest of the Kohathites were given another ten cities, distributed by lot from the half-tribe of Manasseh. The sons of Gershon were given, family by family, thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan. The sons of Merari, family by family, were assigned by lot twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. The sons of Israel gave the Levites both the cities and their pastures. They also distributed by lot cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. Some of the Kohath families were given their cities from the tribe of Ephraim, cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer, Jokmeam, Beth Horon, Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon—all with their pastures. The rest of the sons of Kohath were given Aner and Bileam with their pastures from the half-tribe of Manasseh. The sons of Gershon were given, family by family, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan and Ashtaroth; from the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh, Daberath, Ramoth, and Anem; from the tribe of Asher, Mashal, Abdon, Hukok, and Rehob; from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim. The rest of the sons of Merari got Rimmono and Tabor from the tribe of Zebulun; Bezer in the desert, Jahzah, Kedemoth, and Mephaath from the tribe of Reuben to the east of the Jordan; and Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, Heshbon, and Jazer from the tribe of Gad. Pastures were included in all these towns.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the fields: Joshua 14:13, Joshua 15:13

Caleb: 1 Chronicles 4:15

Reciprocal: Joshua 21:13 - they gave

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The writer evidently had before him Joshua 21:0, which he followed, as to its matter, closely. In some cases he perhaps modernised the ancient names (1 Chronicles 6:58, 1 Chronicles 6:60, 1 Chronicles 6:72, etc.); in a few he substituted for the old an entirely new name, the modern apellation, probably, of the ancient site 1 Chronicles 6:70, 1 Chronicles 6:77. At one time, it would seem, his intention was to give the cities of the priests only, and to content himself with stating the mere number of the rest. His account of the matter was then brought to a conclusion, and summed up, in 1 Chronicles 6:64. But, afterward, either he or a later writer thought it best to add to the list of the priestly cities the information contained in Judges as to those which were not priestly, but merely Levitical. The passage 1 Chronicles 6:65-81 was then added.

The entire account has suffered much from corruption. In the first list two names, those of Juttah and Gideon, have dropped out. It is necessary to restore them in order to complete the number of thirteen cities 1 Chronicles 6:60. In the second list 1 Chronicles 6:67-70 there is likewise an omission of two cities, Eltekeh and Gibbethon, which are wanted to make up the number ten 1 Chronicles 6:61. The third list is complete, though some of the names are very different from these of Joshua. In the fourth, two names are again wanting, those of Jokneam and Kartah.

1 Chronicles 6:61

Unto the sons of Kohath which were left - i. e. to such of them as were not priests.

Out of the half tribe ... ten cities - The half tribe furnished two cities only (1 Chronicles 6:70, and compare Joshua 21:25). It is evident therefore that something has fallen out. We may supply from Joshua the words “out of Ephraim and out of Dan, and” before “out of the half tribe.”

1 Chronicles 6:77

Unto the rest of the children of Merari - Rather, “Unto the rest the children of Merari” - that is to say, “unto the remainder of the Levites, who were descendants of Merari”: - the two other branches, the Kohathites and the Gershomites, having been treated of previously.