Joshua 16:1
The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
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In Context
2It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.
Cross References
Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.
Joshua 15:61These were in the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,
Joshua 18:12On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Judges 1:23They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),
Ezekiel 48:5Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west.
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 →