Joshua 16:1
Similarly, the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan, opposite Jericho and its waters, to the east, to the wilderness that ascends from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel.
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2And it goes out from Bethel to Luz. And it crosses the border of Archi to Ataroth.
Cross References
Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
Joshua 15:61In the desert: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
Joshua 18:12And their border toward the north was from the Jordan, continuing on, near the side of Jericho in the northern region, and from there, ascending toward the west to the mountains, and extending to the wilderness of Bethaven.
Judges 1:23For when they were besieging the city, which was previously called Luz,
Ezekiel 48:5And beyond the border of Manasseh, from the eastern region, even to the region of the sea, there shall be one portion for Ephraim.
Matthew Henry on Joshua 16:1
It is a pity that this and the following chapter should be separated, for both of them give us the lot of the children of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, who, next to Judah, were to have the post of honour, and therefore had the first and best portion in the northern part of Canaan, as Judah now had in the southern part. In this chapter we have, I. A general account of the lot of these two tribes together, ver. 1-4 . II. The borders of the lot of Ephraim in particular, ver. 5-10 . That of Manasseh following in the… Read the whole commentary →