Joshua 16:7

7 and from Janohah it goes down to Ataroth and to Naarath, and touches in Jericho and comes out at the Jordan.

Joshua 16:7 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 16:7

And it went down from Johanan to Ataroth
This is different from Ataroth before mentioned, ( Joshua 16:2 ) ; there were several places of this name, as before observed; this seems to be that which Jerom places four miles from Sebaste or Samaria, (See Gill on Joshua 16:2);

and to Naarath;
Jerom ^F7 says, that Naarath was in his time called Naorath, a village of the Jews, five miles from Jericho; and is the village Josephus ^F8 calls Neara, where was a water, half of which Archelaus turned, and led to the field planted with palm trees, near Jericho; and, according to the Jewish writers ^F9: there was a place called Noaran near to Jericho, which seems to be this:

and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan;
where it ended this way, which was eastward.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 De loc. Heb. fol. 93. I.
F8 Antiqu. l. 17. c. 15. sect. 1.
F9 Vajikra Rabba, sect. 23. fol. 164. 3. Shirhashirim Rabba, fol. 9. 3. Echa Rabbati, fol. 50. 4.

Joshua 16:7 In-Context

5 And this was the border of the sons of Ephraim according to their families; this was the border of their inheritance on the east side from Atarothaddar unto Bethhoron the upper;

6 and this border comes out to the sea and to Michmethah on the north side; and this border goes around eastward unto Taanathshiloh and from here passes on the east to Janohah;

7 and from Janohah it goes down to Ataroth and to Naarath, and touches in Jericho and comes out at the Jordan.

8 And from Tappuah this border turns towards the westward sea at the river Kanah and comes out at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim by their families.

9 There were also cities separated for the sons of Ephraim among the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.