Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 21:12
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
12. 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 houses in the cities assigned them, as their numerical strength required, and that it was these which remained in their hands as an inalienable possession.” See Keil’s Commentary.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 12. 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 Clarke on Jos 14:14.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
The fields of the city, i.e. all beyond the 2000 cubits expressed Num 35:5. This is here mentioned, not as his peculiar case, but as one eminent instance, to show that it was so in all the rest of the cities here named; that the fields and villages thereof still belonged to the several tribes from whom the cities and their suburbs were taken; and to make the rest of the Israelites more contentedly and cheerfully resign so great a part of their possessions to the Levites, because even Caleb did so, though his possession had been long before promised, and now actually given to him by Gods special command, as a mark of honour and compensation for his long and faithful service.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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 confirmed to him; and now the children of Israel gave them to him, and put him in the possession of,
Jos 14:6; and the same is to be observed of all the other cities given to the Levites, that they and their suburbs, extending to such a distance only, were given to them; but the fields and villages, which belonged to them, continued the inheritance of the tribes in which they were.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Jos 21:12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
Ver. 12. Gave they to Caleb. ] Who was glad, no doubt, of the Levites’ so near neighbourhood and good company, to instruct him and his in the law of the Lord, and to exhort them to obedience, which the best are too backward to, and may need monitors and remembrancers. 2Pe 1:12
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Caleb. Compare Jos 14:14. 1Ch 6:56.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jos 14:13-15, 1Ch 6:55-57
Reciprocal: Jdg 1:20 – they gave 2Sa 2:3 – the cities
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jos 21:12. The fields and villages That is, all beyond the two thousand cubits expressed Num 35:5. This is here mentioned, not as his peculiar case, but as one eminent instance, to show that it was so in all the rest of the cities here named; that the fields and villages thereof still belonged to the several tribes from whom the cities and their suburbs were taken. It would make the rest of the Israelites more cheerfully resign part of their possessions to the Levites, considering that even Caleb did so, though his possession had been long before promised, and now actually given to him by Gods special command, as a mark of honour and compensation for his long and faithful service.