Joshua 16

The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

¹ The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, _i into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel. ² Then _j going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites. ³ Then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower _k Beth-horon, then to _l Gezer, and it ends at the sea.

⁴ _m The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

⁵ The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was _n Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon, ⁶ and the boundary goes from there to the sea. On the north is _o Michmethath. Then on the east the boundary turns around toward Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah, ⁷ then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and _p to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan. ⁸ From _q Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Ephraim by their clans, ⁹ together with _q the towns that were set apart for the people of Ephraim within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages. ¹⁰ However, _r they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made _s to do forced labor.

1. Cross References
   Joshua 8:15
   And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled in the direction of the wilderness.
   Joshua 18:12
   On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan. Then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westward, and it ends at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
   
2. Cross References
   Joshua 18:13
   From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.
   Genesis 28:19
   He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
   Judges 1:23
   And the house of Joseph scouted out Bethel. ( Now the name of the city was formerly Luz.)
   Judges 1:26
   And the man went to the land of the Hittites and built a city and called its name Luz. That is its name to this day.
   
3. Cross References
   Joshua 10:10
   And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
   
4. Cross References
   Joshua 10:33
   Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish. And Joshua struck him and his people, until he left none remaining.
   
5. Cross References
   Joshua 17:14
   Then the people of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, although I am a numerous people, since all along the Lord has blessed me?
   
6. Cross References
   Joshua 18:13
   From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (that is, Bethel), then the boundary goes down to Ataroth-addar, on the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon.
   
7. Cross References
   Joshua 17:7
   The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem. Then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
   
8. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 7:28
   Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns.
   
9. Cross References
   Joshua 17:8 - 9
   The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on the boundary of Manasseh belonged to the people of Ephraim.
   
10. Cross References
    Joshua 16:8
    From Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Ephraim by their clans.
    
11. Cross References
    Judges 1:29
    And Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
    1 Kings 9:16
    (Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and had killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.
    
12. Cross References
    Joshua 17:13
    Now when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.
    Genesis 49:15
    He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant, so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant at forced labor.
    

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