George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Joshua 16:4
Possessed it, or divided the country between them. The territories of Ephraim are henceforward described, to the end of the chapter. (Menochius)
Possessed it, or divided the country between them. The territories of Ephraim are henceforward described, to the end of the chapter. (Menochius)
4. THE PORTION OF EPHRAIM CHAPTER 16 _ 1. The lot for the children of Joseph (Joshua 16:1)_ 2. Ephraim's portion (Joshua 16:5) 3. Ephraim's failure (Joshua 16:10) A wonderful lot was that of Josep...
JOSHUA 16 F. This section deals with the inheritance of the Joseph tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh. It is composite, but the different parts are easily separated. The old narrative speaks of the tribe of...
_The Territory of the Children of Joseph Joshua 16:1-4_ And 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 J...
_AND GOETH OUT FROM BETHEL TO LUZ, AND PASSETH ALONG UNTO THE BORDERS OF ARCHI TO ATAROTH,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE LOT OF JOSEPH Chs. 16, 17 describe the territories of Ephraim and the W. half of Manasseh. Vv. 1-4 of Joshua 16 give the general frontiers of the combined tribes, the rest of the chapter (Joshua 1...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 16 V1 Joshua gave some land east of Jericho...
XVI. INHERITANCE OF JOSEPH — _i.e.,_ of Ephraim and Manasseh (Joshua 16:1 to Joshua 18:1, inclusive). (1) THE LOT OF THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH. — The order of precedence among the tribes of Israel was al...
וַ יִּנְחֲל֥וּ בְנֵי ־יֹוסֵ֖ף מְנַשֶּׁ֥ה וְ א
CHAPTER XXV. THE INHERITANCE OF JOSEPH. Joshua Chs. 16, 17. NEXT to Judah, the most important tribe was Joseph; that is, the double tribe to which his two sons gave names, Ephraim and Manasseh. In p...
Next in order we have an account of the inheritance of Joseph divided between his sons Ephraim and Manasseh. The part allotted to Ephraim was a fertile and beautiful district, perhaps in many respects...
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, (c) took their inheritance. (c) Severally, first Ephraim, and then Manasseh....
Joseph as a type of the ever blessed Jesus, had eminent distinctions assigned him by his Father. He was among the youngest of Jacob ' s children, but yet, after Judah, is one of the first to be provid...
In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24. Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand and kno...
SO THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH, MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM, TOOK THEIR INHERITANCE. As it fell to them by the lot; by Manasseh is meant the half tribe of Manasseh, one half of that tribe having been settled by M...
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. Ver. 4. _Manasseh and Ephraim took their inheritance._] And it was a happiness to both that they lay together: but a shameful...
_Manasseh_ That is, half Manasseh. _Their inheritance_ Their several portions, which here follow. It is said, they _took their inheritance_, which also Judah had done before them, because the tribes o...
1 The generall borders of the sonnes of Ioseph. 5 The border of the inheritance of Ephraim. 10 The Canaanites not conquered. 1 AND the lot of the children of Ioseph [NOTE: _Hebrew:_ went foorth.] f...
THE GENERAL BOUNDARIES OF THE SONS OF JOSEPH...
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance, their territory being located north of this line, and that of Benjamin between their possession and that of Judah....
EPHRAIM'S BORDER (vs.1-10) The border of Ephraim did not adjoin Judah, for Benjamin and Dan came between them; but Ephraim's borders are discussed after Judah, for fruitfulness (of which Ephraim spea...
MANASSEH, i.e. half Manasseh, by a synecdoche. Their inheritance, i.e. their several portions which here follow. Some think that they had but one lot between them; and therefore they are now said TO T...
Joshua 16:4 children H1121 Joseph H3130 Manasseh H4519 Ephraim H669 inheritance H5157 (H8799) Jos
‘ And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.' Having outlined the southern border of their inheritance we are told that the combined tribe ‘took their inheritance'. We a...
CONTENTS: Land divisions; portions of Manasseh and Ephriam. CHARACTERS: None mentioned. CONCLUSION: It is a brand of failure upon the Christian, when through carelessness, cowardice or want of faith...
Joshua 16:1. _The water of Jericho._ These waters being bitter, Elisha obtained by his prayers the power to heal them by a handful of salt. 2 Kings 2:21. Joshua 16:2. _Beth-el to Luz._ Luz was the tow...
_The lot of _. .. _ Joseph._ THE INHERITANCE OF JOSEPH Next to Judah, the most important tribe was Joseph; that is, the double tribe to which his two sons gave names, Ephraim and Manasseh. In perpetu...
_THE INHERITANCE OF THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH_ CRITICAL NOTES. Joshua 16:1. The lot of the children of Joseph] Although Jacob had adopted the sons of Joseph to be as his own children (Genesis 48:5), and...
EXPOSITION THE INHERITANCE OF EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH. JOSHUA 16:1 FELL. Literally_ came forth, i.e; _out of the urn. THE WATER OF JERICHO. "This is the present fountain of es Sultan, half an hour to t...
In chapter sixteen he describes the areas that were given then to Manasseh, and to Ephraim, the sons, or the descendants of Joseph. Now part of the tribe of Manasseh settled on the east banks of the J...
Joshua 17:14...
Manasseh — That is, half Manasseh. Their inheritance — Their several portions which here follow. It is said, they took their inheritance, which also Judah had done before them, because the tribes of J...