Joshua 16:1

And the lot for the sons of Joseph goeth out from Jordan [by] Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness going up from Jericho in the hill-country of Beth-El,

Young's Literal Translation

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 hath gone out from Beth-El to Luz, and passed over unto the border of Archi [to] Ataroth,

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Cross References

Genesis 35:24Sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

Joshua 15:61In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

Joshua 18:12And the border is to them at the north side from the Jordan, and the border hath gone up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and gone up through the hill-country westward, and its outgoings have been at the wilderness of Beth-Aven;

Judges 1:23and the house of Joseph cause [men] to spy about Beth-El (and the name of the city formerly is Luz),

Ezekiel 48:5and by the border 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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