CONTEXT
Part
3: Ch.13-22: Allocating the Land
Ch.13
– Land still to be taken
& Land east of the Jordan
Ch.14
– Main Land Allocations &
Caleb's land
Ch.15
– Land Allocations for Judah
(& Caleb)
Ch.16
– Allotment
for Ephraim and Manasseh
Ch.17
– Allotment for Manasseh
(Cont.)
Ch.18
– The Seven tribes &
Benjamin
Ch.19
– Allotments for the other Six Tribes
Ch.20
– Cities of Refuge
Ch.21
– Towns for the Levites
Ch.22
– Eastern Tribes Return Home
FRAMEWORKS:
Joshua 16: Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh
v.1-3
Joseph's Allotment
v.5-10
Ephraim's specific area
v.1-3
Joseph's Allotment
v.1
The
allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east
of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the
desert into the hill country of Bethel.
v.2,3
It
went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), crossed over to the territory
of the Arkites in Ataroth, descended westward to the territory
of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and
on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea.
v.4
So
Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their
inheritance.
[Notes:
Although Joseph is not normally named as a tribe, here
he is honoured and then the tribal areas detailed for his two
sons.]
v
.5-10
Ephraim's specific area
v.5
This
was the territory of Ephraim, according to its
clans:
The
boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east
to Upper Beth Horon
v.6 and
continued to the Mediterranean Sea. From Mikmethath on the north
it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah
on the east.
v.7 Then
it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho
and came out at the Jordan.
v.8
From
Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at
the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of
the Ephraimites, according to its clans.
v.9 It
also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside
for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.
v.10
They
did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the
Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to
do forced labor.
[Notes:
Ephraim's territory identified.]