Joshua 16:1

And the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan over against Jericho and the waters thereof, on the east: the wilderness which goeth up from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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 Bethel,

In Context

2And goeth out from Bethel to Luza: and passeth the border of Archi, to Ataroth,

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Cross References

Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Joshua 15:61In the desert Betharaba, Meddin and Sachacha,

Joshua 18:12And their border northward was from the Jordan: going along by the side of Jericho on the north side, and thence going up westward to the mountains, and reaching to the wilderness of Bethaven,

Judges 1:23For when they were besieging the city, which before was called Luza,

Ezekiel 48:5And by the border of Manasses, from the east side even to the side of the sea, 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 →

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