Joshua 16:1
The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.
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In Context
2It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to 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, Secacah,
Joshua 18:12Their border on the north quarter was from the Jordan. The border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward. It ended at the wilderness of Beth Aven.
Judges 1:23The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (The name of the city before that was Luz.)
Ezekiel 48:5“By the border of Manasseh, from the east side to 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 →