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Joshua 21:12
But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.
Joshua 21:12 · Bible in Basic English
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Joshua 21:12 in other translations
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
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In context
9 From the tribes of the children of Judah and the children of Simeon they gave these towns, listed here by name:
10 These were for the children of Aaron among the families of the Kohathites, of the children of Levi: for they came first in the distribution.
11 They gave them Kiriath-arba, the town of Arba, the father of Anak, (which is Hebron) in the hill-country of Judah, with its grass-lands.
12 But the open country round the town, and its unwalled places, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, as his property.
13 And to the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its grass-lands, the town where the taker of life might be safe, and Libnah with its grass-lands;
14 And Jattir with its grass-lands, and Eshtemoa with its grass-lands;
15 And Holon with its grass-lands, and Debir with its grass-lands;
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