Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 16

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Joshua 16 . 1 , The general borders of the sons of Joseph; Joshua 16 . 5 , The border of the inheritance of Ephraim; Joshua 16 . 10 , The Canaanites of Gezer not conquered.

Joshua 16:1

The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

Joshua 16:1 · BSB

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fell Heb. went forth

Joshua 16:2

It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.

Joshua 16:2 · BSB

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Joshua 16:3

Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.

Joshua 16:3 · BSB

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Eusebius says that the two Beth-horons were twelve miles from Jerusalem , towards Nicopolis or Emmaus . of which the one , called upper Beth-horon , from its situation , was built . rebuilt by Solomon , and the other , called nether Beth-horon , was given to the Levites. Josephus places Beth-oron about 100 furlongs from Jerusalem. Dr. Clarke mentions an Arab village called Bethoor , about twelve miles from Jerusalem , a small distance from Rama , which he supposes , from its situation on a hill , to be Beth-horon the upper

the sea1 parallel

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Gezer Probably the בזבסב of Eusebius , four miles from Nicopolis.

Joshua 16:4

So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.

Joshua 16:4 · BSB

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Joshua 16:5

This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon

Joshua 16:5 · BSB

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Joshua 16:6

and out toward the Sea. From Michmethath on the north it turned eastward toward Taanath-shiloh and passed by it to Janoah on the east.

Joshua 16:6 · BSB

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Taanathshiloh1 parallel

Placed by Eusebius ten miles of Neapolis or Shechem

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Janohah Eusebius calls it בםש , in Acrabatene , twelve miles east from Neapolis.

Joshua 16:7

From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.

Joshua 16:7 · BSB

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Joshua 16:8

From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,

Joshua 16:8 · BSB

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Joshua 16:9

along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.

Joshua 16:9 · BSB

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Joshua 16:10

But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

Joshua 16:10 · BSB

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