Joshua 16:2

Verse 2 of 10. The 16th of 24 chapters in Joshua, in History.

1And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth–el,

2And goeth out from Beth–el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

3And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth–horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.

4So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

5And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth–addar, unto Beth–horon the upper;

6And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath–shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

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Joshua 16:2 in the World English Bible

It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
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Matthew Henry on Joshua 16:2

Though Joseph was one of the younger sons of Jacob, yet he was his eldest by his most just and best beloved wife Rachel, was himself his best beloved son, and had been the greatest ornament and support of his family, kept it from perishing in a time of famine, and had been the shepherd and stone of Israel, and therefore his posterity were very much favoured by the lot.

Read Matthew Henry on Joshua 16:1–4: The Lot of Joseph. (b. c. 1444.)

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.