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Chapter 16

The Tribe of Ephraim.[a] The allotment for the descendants of Joseph ran from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, and ran up into the hill country of Bethel. It went from Bethel (that is, Luz) over to the boundary of the Arkites in Ataroth.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 16:1 None of the 12 tribes is named for Joseph, the eldest of Jacob’s sons. Instead, the largest and most ideal area is reserved for Joseph’s two sons Ephraim and Manasseh.

Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

16 The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert(A) into the hill country of Bethel.(B) It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz(C)),[a] crossed over to the territory of the Arkites(D) in Ataroth,(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 16:2 Septuagint; Hebrew Bethel to Luz