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    Joshua 16

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    The Canaanites remain in Gezer, and the grand boundary recital ends with them as forced laborers.

    Joseph’s allotment runs by landmarksvv. 1–4

    The allotment for Joseph’s descendants begins at the Jordan by Jericho, rises through the wilderness towards Bethel, passes from Bethel—also called Luz—to Ataroth, then descends westward by Lower Beth-horon and Gezer until it reaches the Sea. Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph’s sons, receive the inheritance; the borders have done nearly all the talking, but they have done it impressively.

    Ephraim’s boundary takes the long way roundvv. 5–9

    Ephraim’s inheritance is then traced by its clans: from Ataroth-addar to Upper Beth-horon and the Sea, from Michmethath by Taanath-shiloh to Janoah, down through Ataroth and Naarah to Jericho and the Jordan, and west from Tappuah along the Brook of Kanah to the Sea. The clans also receive cities and villages lying within Manasseh’s inheritance—a neat little territorial wrinkle, tucked into the final sentence.

    Gezer keeps its old inhabitantsv. 10

    At Gezer, the Canaanites are not driven out. They remain among the Ephraimites, though the chapter says they are forced laborers—a remarkably abrupt human footnote after so much careful geography.

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    1. Josh 16:1The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

    2. Josh 16:2It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.

    3. Josh 16:3Then 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.

    4. Josh 16:4So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.

    5. Josh 16:5This 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

    6. Josh 16:6and out toward the Sea. From Michmethath on the north it turned eastward toward Taanath-shiloh and passed by it to Janoah on the east.

    7. Josh 16:7From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.

    8. Josh 16:8From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,

    9. Josh 16:9along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.

    10. Josh 16:10But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

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    • 10Judges 1:29Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
    • 10Deuteronomy 7:1–2When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
    • 1Joshua 18:12On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
    • 2Joshua 18:13From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
    • 4Joshua 17:14Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people, because the LORD has blessed us abundantly.”
    • 6Joshua 17:7Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
    • 71 Chronicles 7:28Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
    • 10Joshua 17:13However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they failed to drive them out completely.
    • 101 Kings 9:16Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife.
    • 1Joshua 8:15Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
    • 2Genesis 28:19and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.
    • 8Joshua 17:8–9The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim.
    • 10Numbers 33:52–55you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
    • 101 Kings 9:21their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
    • 12 Kings 2:19–21Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
    • 3Joshua 10:33At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.

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