But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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Gill's Exposition
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof,.... Which lay beyond the two thousand cubits:
gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh, for his possession; as Moses had promised, and Joshua had…
The thirteen priestly cities (see the marginal references) were all in the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. Thus, as Calvin remarks, God so overruled it that the priestly families were placed…
Adam Clarke
The fields of the city - gave they to Caleb - This was an exclusive privilege to him and his family, with which the grant to the Levites did not interfere. See the notes on Jos 14:14.
We have here a particular account of the cities which were given to the children of Levi out of the several tribes, not only to be occupied and inhabited by them, as tenants to the several tribes in…
Cambridge Bible
But the fields of the city of Hebron and its villages, i.e. the arable land had been already assigned to Caleb (see above ch. Jos 14:13). Whence we may conclude "that the Levites only received as many…