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Joshua 16:4

Listen to Joshua 16:4
4 So the descendants of Yosef, M'nasheh and Efrayim took the inheritance.

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 ) .

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Joshua 16:4 In-Context

2 went out from Beit-El to Luz, passed on to the border with the Arki to 'Atarot,
3 went down westward to the border with the Yafleti, to the border of Lower Beit-Horon, on to Gezer and ending at the sea.
4 So the descendants of Yosef, M'nasheh and Efrayim took the inheritance.
5 The border of the descendants of Efrayim according to their families was as follows: the eastern border of their inheritance began at 'Atrot-Adar and went to Upper Beit-Horon;
6 then the border extended westward, with Mikhm'tat on the north; next the border turned eastward to Ta'anat-Shiloh and passed by it to the east of Yanochah;
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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