Joshua 16:6

6 and the border went out westward at Mikhmetat on the north; and the border turned about eastward to Ta'anat-Shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Yano`ach;

Joshua 16:6 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 16:6

And the border went out towards the sea
The Mediterranean sea:

to Michmethah on the north side;
of the border, the same on which Bethhoron was, from whence the border proceeded on to this place, of which we have no other account but in ( Joshua 17:7 ) ; by which it appears to have been near Shechem, and in sight of it;

and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh;
this seems to be the same Jerom ^F5 calls Thenath in the tribe of Joseph; and who observes there was in his day a village of this name ten miles from Neapolis (or Shechem) to the east, as you go down to Jordan:

and passed by it on the east to Janohah:
which the above writer ^F6 wrongly calls Janon, and says, that in his time a village of this name was shown in the country of Acrabatena, twelve miles to the east from Neapolis or Shechem; the border passed by Taanath on the east of it, and went on this place.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 De loc. Heb. fol. 95. C.
F6 Ibid. fol. 92. I.

Joshua 16:6 In-Context

4 The children of Yosef, Menashsheh and Efrayim, took their inheritance.

5 The border of the children of Efrayim according to their families was [thus]: the border of their inheritance eastward was `Atarot-Addar, to Beit-Horon the upper;

6 and the border went out westward at Mikhmetat on the north; and the border turned about eastward to Ta'anat-Shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Yano`ach;

7 and it went down from Yano`ach to `Atrot, and to Na`arah, and reached to Yericho, and went out at the Yarden.

8 From Tappuach the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out of it were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Efrayim according to their families;