Joshua 16:4

4 The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their legacy.

Joshua 16:4 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 16:4

So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their
inheritance.
] As it fell to them by the lot; by Manasseh is meant the half tribe of Manasseh, one half of that tribe having been settled by Moses on the other side Jordan; and next follows an account of the borders of the inheritance of Ephraim in particular, as that of the half tribe of Manasseh is given in ( Joshua 17:1-18 ) .

Joshua 16:4 In-Context

2 It goes from Bethel to Luz and passes on to the border of the Archites at Ataroth.
3 It goes down westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and as far as Gezer. It ends at the sea.
4 The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their legacy.
5 This was the territory for the clans of the people of Ephraim. The border of their legacy ran from Ataroth-adar on the east as far as Upper Beth-horon.
6 The border goes to the sea. Michmethath is on the north. The border turns east of Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond it east of Janoah.
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