Joshua 16:1

Then came out the lot, for the sons of Joseph, from the Jordan by Jericho, at the waters of Jericho, eastward,—the desert, going up from Jericho, through the hill country to Bethel;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 it goeth out from Bethel towards Luz,—and passeth over unto the boundary of the Archites at Ataroth;

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Cross References

Genesis 35:24The sons of Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin:

Joshua 15:61In the desert,—Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

Joshua 18:12And so their boundary, on the north border, was from the Jordan,—and the boundary goeth up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and goeth up in the hill country, westward, and the extensions thereof are towards the wilderness of Beth-aven;

Judges 1:23And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel,—now, the name of the city, formerly, was, Luz.

Ezekiel 48:5And, on the boundary of Manasseh from the east side unto the west side,— Ephraim, one.

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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