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Joshua 16:2-10

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2 It went from Bethel to Luz, and 1continued 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 2Beth-horon even to 3Gezer, and it ended * at the sea.
4 The 4sons 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 5Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon.
6 Then the border went westward at 6Michmethath 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 7Naarah, then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.
8 From 8Tappuah 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,
9 together with the cities which were set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
10 9But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so 10the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers *.
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Joshua 16:2-10 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 10

Footnotes 4

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