Matthew Poole and continuators on Joshua 21:12

12 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh, for his possession.

i. e. All beyond the 2000 Cubits expressed, Numb. 35. 5. This is here mentioned, not as his peculiar case, but as one [illegible: 1+ letters]ment Instance, to shew, 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 chearfully 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.

Marginal references: Chap. 14. 14. 1 [illegible: 1 word]. 6. 56.