Joshua 16:8

From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

In Context

7And it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.

9together with the cities which were separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

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Cross References

Numbers 34:6And for the western border, ye shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your west border.

Joshua 16:3And it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, unto the border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer; and the goings out thereof were at the sea.

Joshua 17:8The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim. —

Joshua 19:28and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon.

1 Chronicles 7:28And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Aiah and the towns thereof;

Matthew Henry on Joshua 16:6-10

The Inheritance of Joseph's Children. ( b. c. 1444.) 5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper; 6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; 7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 8 The… Read the whole commentary →

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