Joshua 16:4

4 possederuntque filii Ioseph Manasse et Ephraim

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 et egreditur de Bethel Luzam transitque terminum Archiatharoth

3 et descendit ad occidentem iuxta terminum Ieflethi usque ad terminos Bethoron inferioris et Gazer finiunturque regiones eius mari Magno

4 possederuntque filii Ioseph Manasse et Ephraim

5 et factus est terminus filiorum Ephraim per cognationes suas et possessio eorum contra orientem Atharothaddar usque Bethoron superiorem

6 egrediunturque confinia in mare Machmethath vero aquilonem respicit et circuit terminus contra orientem in Thanathselo et pertransit ab oriente Ianoe