Joshua 16:4

4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took 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 then went out from Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth,

3 and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to Gezer; and it ended at the sea.

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

5 The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth Addar as far as Upper Beth Horon.

6 And the border went out toward the sea on the north side of Michmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah.