Joshua 16:1

וַיֵּצֵא הַגּוֹרָל לִבְנֵי יוֹסֵף מִיַּרְדֵּן יְרִיחוֹ לְמֵי יְרִיחוֹ מִזְרָחָה הַמִּדְבָּר עֹלֶה מִירִיחוֹ בָּהָר בֵּֽית ־ אֵֽל ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2וְיָצָא מִבֵּֽית ־ אֵל לוּזָה וְעָבַר אֶל ־ גְּבוּל הָאַרְכִּי עֲטָרֽוֹת ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 35:24בְּנֵי רָחֵל יוֹסֵף וּבִנְיָמִֽן ׃

Joshua 15:61בַּמִּדְבָּר בֵּית הָעֲרָבָה מִדִּין וּסְכָכָֽה ׃

Joshua 18:12וַיְהִי לָהֶם הַגְּבוּל לִפְאַת צָפוֹנָה מִן ־ הַיַּרְדֵּן וְעָלָה הַגְּבוּל אֶל ־ כֶּתֶף יְרִיחוֹ מִצָּפוֹן וְעָלָה בָהָר יָמָּה והיה תֹּֽצְאֹתָיו מִדְבַּרָה בֵּית אָֽוֶן ׃

Judges 1:23וַיָּתִירוּ בֵית ־ יוֹסֵף בְּבֵֽית ־ אֵל וְשֵׁם ־ הָעִיר לְפָנִים לֽוּז ׃

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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