Jos 16:1-7 - Commentary

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Text -- Joshua 16:1-7 (NET)

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Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. 16:2 The southern border extended from Bethel to Luz, and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth. 16:3 It then descended westward to Japhletite territory, as far as the territory of lower Beth Horon and Gezer, and ended at the sea. 16:4 Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land. 16:5 The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon. 16:6 It then extended on to the sea, with Micmethath on the north. It turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh and crossed it on the east to Janoah. 16:7 It then descended from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and extended to the Jordan River.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Archite a member of a clan of Canaanites who settled SW of Bethel (OS)

· Ataroth a town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (OS)

· Ataroth-addar a town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (OS)

· Ataroth-Addar a town on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin (OS)

· Beth-horon "twin" towns (Upper & Lower) in the foothills of Ephraim

· Beth-Horon "twin" towns (Upper & Lower) in the foothills of Ephraim

· Bethel a town of Benjamin bordering Ephraim 18 km north of Jerusalem

· Ephraim the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel

· Ephraimites the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel

· Gezer a town of Ephraim 25 km SE of Joppa & 12 km NW of Beth-Shemesh

· Janoah a town on NE border of Ephraim about 10 km SE of Shechem (OS)

· Japhletites members of the clan of Japhlet

· Jericho a town five miles west of the Jordan and 15 miles northeast of Jerusalem,a town of Benjamin 11 km NW of the mouth of the Jordan River

· Jordan the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)

· Joseph the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

· Luz a town of Canaanites about 20 km north of Jerusalem later named Bethel by the Israelites,a town established in the land of the Hittites by a refugee from old Luz

· Manasseh the tribe of Manasseh.

· Michmethah a border town of Ephraim and Manasseh just east of Shechem (ZD)

· Naarah wife of Asshur son of Hur of Judah,a town on the border of Ephraim and Manasseh

· sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea

· Taanath-Shiloh a town of Canaanites in western Manasseh 10 km ESE of Shechem

· Taanath-shiloh a town of Canaanites in western Manasseh 10 km ESE of Shechem

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NET Notes: Jos 16:1 For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

NET Notes: Jos 16:2 In the Hebrew text the place name “Luz” has the directive ending, indicating that the border went from Bethel to Luz. Elsewhere Luz and Be...

NET Notes: Jos 16:4 Or “received their inheritance.”

NET Notes: Jos 16:5 Heb “The territory of the sons of Ephraim was for their clans.”

NET Notes: Jos 16:7 The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

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