Joshua 16:4

4 So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.

Joshua 16:4 in Other Translations

4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

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

4 This was the homeland allocated to the families of Joseph’s sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

4 This is the region from which the people of Joseph - Manasseh and Ephraim - got their inheritance.

4 So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their 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 ) .

Joshua 16:4 In-Context

2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth,

3 descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea.

4 So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.

5 This was the territory of Ephraim, according to its clans: The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon

6 and continued to the Mediterranean Sea. From Mikmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah on the east.

Cross References

• 1. Joshua 18:5; Joshua 17:14