Joshua 16:4

³Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.⁴So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance. ⁵This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon

Sermons

Appropriating Faith

Charles E. Cowman

Summary

This verse describes the territory allotted to the descendants of Joseph, specifically the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. It highlights the importance of following God's instructions and boundaries, as the Israelites were to possess the land promised to them. The division of the land among the tribes was a fulfillment of God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. By obeying God's commands and trusting in His promises, the Israelites were able to inherit the land flowing with milk and honey.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

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 Moses on the other side Jordan; and next follows an account of the borders of the inheritance of Ephraim in particular, as that of the half tribe of Manasseh is given in Jos 17:1. . Joshua 16:5 jos 16:5 jos 16:5 jos 16:5And the border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus,.... Or what follows is the description of it: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; the first was on the south of the inheritance, and the latter on the north, as Masius has placed them: who has given us a type of this description, by which it appears that this lot is here described in its breadth from south to north.