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Joshua 16:1-8

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Territory of Ephraim

1 Then the lot for the sons of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east into 1the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.
2 It went from Bethel to Luz, and 2continued to the border of the Archites at Ataroth.
3 It went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of lower 3Beth-horon even to 4Gezer, and it ended * at the sea.
4 The 5sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
5 Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance eastward was 6Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon.
6 Then the border went westward at 7Michmethath on the north, and the border turned about eastward to Taanath-shiloh and continued beyond it to the east of Janoah.
7 It went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to 8Naarah, then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.
8 From 9Tappuah the border continued westward to the brook of Kanah, and it ended * at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families,
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Joshua 16:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 16

This chapter gives us an account of the lot of the children of Joseph, Ephraim, and the half tribe of Manasseh, one half having settled on the other side Jordan; and first the borders of the whole lot in general are given, Jos 16:1-4; and then the borders of the tribe of Ephraim in particular, Jos 16:4-8; and it is observed, that this tribe had besides separate cities among the children of Manasseh, and that there were some Canaanites, particularly in Gezer, not driven out by the Ephraimites, Jos 16:9,10.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 9

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Lit "the goings out of it were"
  • [b]. Or "wadi"
  • [c]. Lit "the goings out of it were"
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