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Joshua 21:12

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

AD 1849
Possession. Only the houses which the priests occupied, were taken from him. (Calmet) Caleb enjoyed all the dependencies of Hebron, and took the city, as he would not have been secure while the Chanaanites dwelt there. (Magalian.) Serarius thinks that he abandoned the city to the priests, in which he follows To stat, who supposes that they had to pay tribute to the tribes among whom they lived; and that mines, belonged to the latter. (Menochius)
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