Jos 16:8-10 - Commentary

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Text -- Joshua 16:8-10 (NET)

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16:8 From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim by its clans. 16:9 Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns. 16:10 The Ephraimites did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:

· Canaanites the region ofeast Mediterranean coastal land from Arvad (modern Lebanon) south to Gaza,the coast land from Mt. Carmel north to the Orontes River

· 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

· Kanah a brook that flows WSW from Mt. Gerizim to the Mediterranean Sea 7 km north of Joppa,a town in Asher 10 km SE of Tyre

· Manasseh the tribe of Manasseh.

· Manassites the tribe of 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

· Tappuah an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Tapuox',a town in the western foothills of Judah very near Beth-Shemesh,a town between Ephraim and Manasseh 3 km NW of Shiloh,son of Hebron of Judah,as representing the Hebrew name 'Tiphsax'.,a town on the Euphrates River 550 km NNW of Jerusalem

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NET Notes: Jos 16:8 Heb “This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim.”

NET Notes: Jos 16:9 Heb “and the cities set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities and their towns.&#...

NET Notes: Jos 16:10 Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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