Joshua 16:9

together 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

In Context

8From 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;

10But they did not dispossess the Canaanites who were dwelling in Gazer,—so the Canaanites have dwelt in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and have become tributary servants.

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Cross References

Joshua 17:9and the boundary goeth down to the ravine of Kanah, southward of the ravine, these cities, belong to Ephraim, in the midst of the cities of Manasseh,—but, the boundary of Manasseh, was on the north side of the ravine, and the extensions thereof were to the sea;

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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