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Joshua 16 - Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO JOSHUA 16

This chapter gives us an account of the lot of the children of Joseph, Ephraim, and the half tribe of Manasseh, one half having settled on the other side Jordan; and first the borders of the whole lot in general are given, Joshua 16:1; and then the borders of the tribe of Ephraim in particular, Joshua 16:4; and it is observed, that this tribe had besides separate cities among the children of Manasseh, and that there were some Canaanites, particularly in Gezer, not driven out by the Ephraimites, Joshua 16:9.

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See also Joshua 16 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This and Joshua 17 are closely connected, and assign the boundaries of “the children of Joseph,” i. e of the kindred tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. These two tribes, or more strictly speaking, the tr...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE GENERAL BORDERS OF THE SONS OF JOSEPH. THE CANAANITES NOT YET CONQUERED._ _Before Christ 1445._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    A DIGEST OF CHAPTER 16 Joshua 16:1-4 _The territory of the children of Joseph._ Joseph was one of the twelve sons of Jacob, but no tribe bore his name. Instead, two tribes were formed from the descen...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 Joshua (a-19) Meaning 'Jehovah [is] Saviour.' see Numbers 13:16 ....

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXIII. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAND. Joshua Chs. 15-19. WE come now in earnest to the distribution of the land. The two and a half tribes have already got their settlements on the other side...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2560. B.C. 1444._ The lot of Ephraim and Manasseh, Joshua 16:1. Of Ephraim in particular, Joshua 16:5....

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The generall borders of the sonnes of Ioseph. 5 The border of the inheritance of Ephraim. 10 The Canaanites not conquered. 1 AND the lot of the children of Ioseph [NOTE: _ Hebrew: went foorth.] f...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * The lot of Manasseh. (1-6) The boundaries of Manasseh, The Canaanites not driven out. (7-13) Joseph desires a larger portion. (14-18)...

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