It went down from Janoah to Ataroth, to Naarah, reached to Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.
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It went down from Janoah to Ataroth, to Naarah, reached to Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.
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And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
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And it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.
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Passages linked to Joshua 16:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 7:28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns;
- Numbers 33:48 They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
- Joshua 3:16 the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over near Jericho.
- Joshua 6:1 Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in.
- Joshua 6:26 Joshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before Yahweh who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn he will lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he will set up its gates.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain For so far the coasts reach.
For so far the coasts reach.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 16:7 And it went down from Janohah to…
Jos 16:7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
Ver. 7. And came to Jericho,] i.e., To the territories, but not to the town itself, for that was part of Benjamin’s lot. {Jos 18:21}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Not to the city of Jericho, which belonged to…
Not to the city of Jericho, which belonged to Benjamin’s lot, Jos 18:21, but to its territory.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The border went out from Tappuah westward,.... Which was…
The border went out from Tappuah westward,.... Which was different from the Tappuah in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:34; this was in the tribe of Ephraim on the border of Manasseh, Jos 17:8,
unto the river Kanah; supposed by some to be the brook Cherith, by which Elijah hid himself, Kg1 17:3; though objected to by others; it seems to have had its name from the reeds which grew in it, or on the banks of it:
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and the goings out thereof were at the sea; if the river Kanah was the brook Cherith, this must be the dead or salt sea: but that is never called "the sea", rather the Mediterranean sea is meant, and consequently Kanah could not be Cherith, which was at too great a distance from this sea:
this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families; that is, this is the description of the border of it; for the cities within are not mentioned, and the descriptions in general are very obscure.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To Jericho - Not to the city of Jericho,…
To Jericho - Not to the city of Jericho, which belonged to Benjamin's lot, chap. xviii, 21, but to its territory.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. From Janohah to Ataroth — In this verse…
7. From Janohah to Ataroth — In this verse we have a confusion of the northern and southern borders, resulting doubtless from some transposition in the text. We propose to read, and it went down from Janohah, and went out at Jordan, and regard the words to Ataroth and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, as a fragment transposed from its proper place in the text, and its immediate connexion lost.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. went down] The border “went down” because it…
7. went down] The border “went down” because it descended along the slopes in the direction of the Jordan valley.
to Ataroth] which place, it is thought, is to be sought somewhere in this valley, “at the point where the border makes an angle in turning southward.”
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and to Naarath] Eusebius and Jerome mention it as well known to them. It is mentioned in 1Ch_7:28, and was, it is thought, about five miles north of Jericho.
came to Jericho] i.e. to the region in the neighbourhood of Jericho (which belonged to Benjamin), where the eastern border formed an angle with the southern.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Ataroth. Another Ataroth, on the northern border of Ephraim.…
Ataroth. Another Ataroth, on the northern border of Ephraim. The name, which signifies crowns is a common one. (see Num_32:3, Num_32:34, 35 1Ch_2:54) Came to Jericho. Or perhaps skirted Jericho. The word used (see note on ver. 5) is akin to the Latin pango and our impinge.
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