Joshua 16:2

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

In Context

1Then 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;

3and descendeth westward, unto the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Bethhoron the nether, and as far as Gezer,—and the extensions thereof are to the sea.

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Cross References

Joshua 18:13and the boundary passeth over from thence towards Luz, to the side of Luz, southwards, the same, is Bethel,—and the boundary goeth down to Ataroth-addah, by the mountain that is on the south of Beth-horon the nether;

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

2 Samuel 15:37So Hushai, David’s friend, went into the city,—when, Absolom, was about to enter Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 27:33And, Ahitophel, was counsellor to the king. And, Hushai the Archite, was the companion of the king.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 16:2-5

The Lot of Joseph. ( b. c. 1444.) 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 Beth-el, 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. 4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their… Read the whole commentary →

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