Joshua 16:1
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,
King James Version
In Context
2And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
Cross References
Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin:
Joshua 15:61In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
Joshua 18:12And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Judges 1:23And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
Ezekiel 48:5And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto 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 →