Joshua 16:1

And the lot fell to the children of Ioseph from Iorden by Iericho vnto the water of Iericho Eastward, and to the wildernes that goeth vp from Iericho by the mount Beth-el:

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In The King James Version

And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,

In Context

2And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and runneth along vnto the borders of Archiataroth,

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Cross References

Genesis 35:24The sonnes of Rahel: Ioseph and Beniamin.

Joshua 15:61In the wildernes were Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

Joshua 18:12And their coast on the Northside was from Iorden, and the border went vp to the side of Iericho on the Northpart, and went vp through the mountaines Westward, and the endes thereof are in the wildernesse of Beth-auen:

Judges 1:23And the house of Ioseph caused to viewe Beth-el (and the name of the citie beforetime was Luz)

Ezekiel 48:5And by the border of Manasseh from the East side vnto the West side a portion for Ephraim.

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 →

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