Joshua 16:5 Topical Bible

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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

People

Addar, Archites, Arkites, Canaanites, Ephraimites, Japhletites, Joseph, Manasseh, Manassites, Naarah, Tappuah

Places

Ataroth, Ataroth-addar, Bethel, Beth-horon, Gezer, Janoah, Jericho, Jordan River, Kanah, Luz, Michmethath, Naarah, Taanath-shiloh, Tappuah, Upper Beth-horon

Topics

Addar, Ataroth, Ataroth-adar, Atarothaddar, Ataroth-addar, At'aroth-ad'dar, Atroth-addar, Beth, Bethhoron, Beth-horon, Beth-hor'on, Border, Boundary, Clan, East, Eastward, Eastwards, Ephraim, E'phraimites, Families, Follows, Heritage, Higher, Horon, Inheritance, Limit, Marked, Sons, Territory, Thus, Upper

Outline

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

Dictionary of Bible Themes

Joshua 16:1-10

5235 boundary

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Addar Ataroth Ataroth-Adar Ataroth-Addar At'aroth-Ad'dar Atroth-Addar Beth Border Children Clan East Eastward Ephraim E'phraimites Heritage Higher Horon Inheritance Limit Marked Side Territory Upper Way

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Library

Beth-El. Beth-Aven.
Josephus thus describes the land of Benjamin; "The Benjamites' portion of land was from the river Jordan to the sea, in length: in breadth, it was bounded by Jerusalem and Beth-el." Let these last words be marked, "The breadth of the land of Benjamin was bounded by Jerusalem and Beth-el." May we not justly conclude, from these words, that Jerusalem and Beth-el were opposite, as it were, in a right line? But if you look upon the maps, there are some that separate these by a very large tract of land, …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica

The Country of Jericho, and the Situation of the City.
Here we will borrow Josephus' pencil, "Jericho is seated in a plain, yet a certain barren mountain hangs over it, narrow, indeed, but long; for it runs out northward to the country of Scythopolis,--and southward, to the country of Sodom, and the utmost coast of the Asphaltites." Of this mountain mention is made, Joshua 2:22, where the two spies, sent by Joshua, and received by Rahab, are said to "conceal themselves." "Opposite against this, lies a mountain on the other side Jordan, beginning from …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica

Joshua
The book of Joshua is the natural complement of the Pentateuch. Moses is dead, but the people are on the verge of the promised land, and the story of early Israel would be incomplete, did it not record the conquest of that land and her establishment upon it. The divine purpose moves restlessly on, until it is accomplished; so "after the death of Moses, Jehovah spake to Joshua," i. 1. The book falls naturally into three divisions: (a) the conquest of Canaan (i.-xii.), (b) the settlement of the …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

Parallel Verses

NASB: Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon.

KJV: And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;

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