1 Chronicles 6:55
New International Version
They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands.

New Living Translation
This territory included Hebron and its surrounding pasturelands in Judah,

English Standard Version
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

Berean Standard Bible
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

King James Bible
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

New King James Version
They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding common-lands.

New American Standard Bible
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasture lands around it;

NASB 1995
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasture lands around it;

NASB 1977
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;

Legacy Standard Bible
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, with its pasture lands all around it;

Amplified Bible
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasture land;

Christian Standard Bible
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

American Standard Version
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they gave them Khebruun in the land of Yehuda and all the hamlets that are around it that are in the land of Yehuda.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they gave them Chebron in the land of Juda, and its suburbs round about it.

Contemporary English Version
They received the town of Hebron in the territory of Judah and the pastureland around it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

English Revised Version
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They were given Hebron in the territory of Judah as well as the pastureland around it,

Good News Translation
This included Hebron in the territory of Judah and the pasture lands around it.

International Standard Version
Hebron in the territory of Judah was allotted to them, along with its surrounding suburbs.

JPS Tanakh 1917
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the open land round about it;

Literal Standard Version
and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its outskirts around it;

Majority Standard Bible
They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands.

New American Bible
was assigned Hebron in the land of Judah, with its adjacent pasture lands.

NET Bible
They were allotted Hebron in the territory of Judah, as well as its surrounding pasturelands.

New Revised Standard Version
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasture lands,

New Heart English Bible
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs around it;

Webster's Bible Translation
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs around it.

World English Bible
to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;

Young's Literal Translation
and they give to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its suburbs round about it;

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Context
Territories for the Levites
54Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them: 55They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands. 56But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.…

Cross References
Joshua 14:13
Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

Joshua 21:11
They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)


Treasury of Scripture

And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

Hebron.

Joshua 14:13
And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

Joshua 15:13
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

Joshua 21:11-13
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…

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1 Chronicles 6
1. The sons of Levi.
4. The line of Eleazar unto the captivity.
16. The families of Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
49. The office of Aaron, and his line unto Ahimaaz.
54. The cities of the priests and Levites.














(55, 56) Closely answering to Joshua 21:11-12.

(55) Hebron.--Josh., "the city of Arba, the father of the Anak, that is, Hebron."

In the land of Judah.--Josh., "hill-country" (har for ha'arec).

Suburbs.--The Hebrew migrashim, pastures or commons, as opposed to arable land (Authorised version, "fields;" Heb., sadeh). Numbers 35:3-5 defines the extent of the Levitical domain round the cities where they dwelt.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They were given
וַֽיִּתְּנ֥וּ (way·yit·tə·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

Hebron
חֶבְר֖וֹן (ḥeḇ·rō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2275: Hebron -- 'association, league', a city in southern Judah

in the land
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of Judah
יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

and its surrounding
סְבִיבֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (sə·ḇî·ḇō·ṯe·hā)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

pasturelands.
מִגְרָשֶׁ֖יהָ (miḡ·rā·še·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4054: A suburb, the area around a, building, the margin of the sea


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