Joshua 16:8

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

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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 it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and terminated at Jordan.

9And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

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Cross References

Numbers 34:6And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

Joshua 16:3And goeth down westward to the border of Japhleti, to the border of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the limits of it are at the sea.

Joshua 17:8Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;

Joshua 19:28And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Zidon;

1 Chronicles 7:28And their possessions and habitations were , Beth-el, and its towns, and eastward Naaram, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Gaza and its towns:

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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