Joshua 16:1
And the lot for the children of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to the wilderness, even to Beth-el.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
2And it went out from Beth-el-luz, and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth.
Cross References
Genesis 35:24the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin;
Joshua 15:61In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah;
Joshua 18:12And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Judges 1:23And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el — now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.
Ezekiel 48:5And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side: Ephraim, one portion.
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 →