Joshua 19:50

By order of the Lord they gave him the town he asked, Timnath-serah in the highlands of Ephraim. He fortified the town and lived there.

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In The King James Version

According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.

In Context

49When the Israelites had finished distributing the various territories of the country, they gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun within their territory.

51Such were the inheritances which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the tribes of Israel distributed by lot at Shilo before the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. They finished dividing up the country.

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Cross References

Joshua 24:30They buried him in his own estate at Timnath-serah in the highlands of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 19:50-51

The Inheritance of Joshua. ( b. c. 1444.) 49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: 50 According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnath-serah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. 51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,… Read the whole commentary →

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