Joshua 16:1
RV 'the lot went out from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Bethel.'... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'the lot went out from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Bethel.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LOT OF JOSEPH Chs. 16, 17 describe the territories of Ephraim and the W. half of Manasseh. Vv. 1-4 of Joshua 16 give the general frontiers of the combined tribes, the rest of the chapter (Joshua 16:5) the frontiers of Ephraim as distinct from W. Manasseh. The territory allotted to the two tribe... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM BETH-EL TO LUZ] see on Genesis 28:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
The border between Ephraim and Manasseh passed from Jericho westward to Michmethah near Shechem (Joshua 17:7), and thence to the river Kanah which falls into the Mediterranean N. of Joppa.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'together with the cities which were separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh.'... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVE UNDER TRIBUTE] The Canaanite had to take up the forced service of a labourer: cp. Joshua 17:13 and Judges 1:28; Judges 1:33; Judges 1:35.... [ Continue Reading ]