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Joshua 16

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 16 of 24

1 And the lot of the sons of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, to the waters of Jericho eastward, to the wilderness which went from Jericho to the hills of Bethel.

2 And it went from Bethel to Luz, and passed on to the border of the Archites, to Ataroth;

3 and went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth-horon the lower, and to Gezer, and its boundary line was at the sea.

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Chapter Summary

The borders of Joseph's sons. 5 The border of Ephraim's inheritance. 10 Canaanites not conquered.

Key Hebrew Words

גְּבוּל border H1366 · TWOT 307a
נַחֲלָה inheritance H5159 · TWOT 1342a
גּוֹרָל lot H1486 · TWOT 381a
נָחַל inherit, take possession H5157 · TWOT 1342
יָרַשׁ dispossess H3423 · TWOT 920
מַס forced labor, tribute H4522 · TWOT 1218

People & Context

Canaanites

Inhabitants of Gezer whom Ephraim did not dispossess; they dwelt among Ephraim and served under tribute

Timeline

The Lot for the Sons of Joseph

The lot comes out for the sons of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh), and the borders for the tribe of Ephraim are mapped out.

Joshua 16:1-9
Ephraim Fails to Dispossess Gezer

The sons of Ephraim do not dispossess the Canaanites living in Gezer, but instead subject them to forced tribute.

Joshua 16:10

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