Joshua 16:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Joshua 16:5

3 and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, ^aas far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to ^bGezer; and it ended at the sea.

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

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5 ^aThe border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was ^bAtaroth Addar ^cas far as Upper Beth Horon.

6 And the border went out toward the sea on the north side of ^aMichmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah.

7 Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.

8 The border went out from ^aTappuah westward to the ^bBrook Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families.

9 ^aThe separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

10 ^aAnd they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.

Verse Comparison: Joshua 16:5

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American Standard Version
And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was `thus': the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;

Amplified® Bible
The boundary of the Ephraimites according to their families was thus: on the east side their border was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon.

Contemporary English Version
The following is a description of the land that was divided among the clans of the Ephraim tribe. Their southern border started at Ataroth-Addar and went west to Upper Beth-Horon

Darby English Version
And the border of the children of Ephraim was according to their families; the border of their inheritance eastwards was Ataroth-Addar as far as the upper Beth-horon;

Good News Bible
This was the territory of the Ephraimite families: their border ran from Ataroth Addar eastward to Upper Beth Horon,

King James Version
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;

New American Standard Bible
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.

New International Version
This was the territory of Ephraim, clan by clan:
The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon

New King James Version
The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth Addar as far as Upper Beth Horon.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now this constituted the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance eastward constituted Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon.

Revised Standard Version
The territory of the E'phraimites by their families was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was At'aroth-ad'dar as far as Upper Beth-hor'on,

Young's Literal Translation
And the border of the sons of Ephraim is by their families; and the border of their inheritance is on the east, Atroth-Addar unto Beth-Horon the upper;

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