Joshua 16:2

And it goes out from Beth-el to Luz, and on as far as the limit of the Archites to Ataroth;

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In The King James Version

And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

In Context

1And the limit of the land marked out for the children of Joseph went out from Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, in the waste land, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;

3And it goes down to the west to the limit of the Japhletites, to the limit of Beth-horon the lower, as far as Gezer; ending at the sea.

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Cross References

Joshua 18:13And from there the line goes south to Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Beth-el), then down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain to the south of Beth-horon the lower.

Judges 1:23So they sent men to make a search round Beth-el. (Now the name of the town in earlier times was Luz.)

2 Samuel 15:37So Hushai, David's friend, went into the town, and Absalom came to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 27:33And Ahithophel was the king's expert in discussion and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 16:2-5

The Lot of Joseph. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el, 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their… Read the whole commentary →

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