CHAPTER 16 THE LOT FOR THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH. In this chapter the lot allocated to the children of Joseph, seen as one tribe and yet two, is described. It was the portion north of that of Benjamin and Dan. It was not necessary to deal with it in such detail because it was discernible from the bound... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ And it went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth.' Here Bethel, the sacred place, is distinguished from the city Luz as in Genesis 28:19. Elsewhere the two are identified (Joshua 8:13; Genesis 35:6; Judges 1:23). At this point Luz is not yet named Bethe... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ And it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth-horon the Lower, even to Gezer. And its goings out were at the sea.' The Japhletites were another Canaanite family group prominent enough for their border to act as a border marker. The border then went on to lower... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.' Having outlined the southern border of their inheritance we are told that the combined tribe ‘took their inheritance'. We are probably to understand by this their acceptance of their lot. First Judah received their lot, an... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus; even the border of their inheritance, eastward was Attaroth-addar to Upper Beth-horon, and the border went out to the sea. Michmethath on the north, and the border turned about eastward to Taanath-shiloh, and passed al... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah, and its goings out were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families, together with the cities which were separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inherita... [ Continue Reading ]
‘ And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwelt in the midst of Ephraim to this day and became servants to do taskwork.' Compare Joshua 13:13; Joshua 15:63, (although in the latter case Judah ‘could not' drive them out). The suggestion here is that at some st... [ Continue Reading ]