Joshua 16:8

From Tappuah, runneth the boundary along westward, to the ravine of Kanah, and the extensions thereof are to the sea,—this, is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, by their families;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

In Context

7and goeth down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah,—and toucheth upon Jericho, and goeth out at the Jordan.

9together with the cities which were separated for the sons of Ephraim, in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh,—all the cities, with their villages.

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Cross References

Numbers 34:6And, for a west boundary,—ye shall have the great sea, even a boundary, this, shall serve you as west boundary.

Joshua 16:3and 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.

Joshua 17:8Manasseh, had the land of Tappuah,—but, Tappuah itself, towards the boundary of Manasseh, pertained unto the sons of Ephraim;

Joshua 19:28and Ebron and Rehob, and Hammon and Kanah,—as far as Zidon the populous;

1 Chronicles 7:28And, their possessions, and their dwellings, were Bethel, and the villages thereof; and, eastward, Naaran, and, westward, Gezer, and the villages thereof, and Shechem, and the villages thereof,—as far as Aiyah, and the villages thereof;—

Matthew Henry on Joshua 16:6-10

The Inheritance of Joseph's Children. ( b. c. 1444.) 5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper; 6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; 7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 8 The… Read the whole commentary →

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