约书亚记 16
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以法莲所得之地
16 约瑟的子孙拈阄所得之地是从靠近耶利哥的约旦河起，以耶利哥东边的水为界，从耶利哥上去，通过山地的旷野，到伯特利； 2 又从伯特利到路斯，接连到亚基人的境界，至亚他绿， 3 又往西下到押利提人的境界，到下伯和仑的境界，直到基色，通到海为止。 4 约瑟的儿子玛拿西、以法莲就得了他们的地业。
5 以法莲子孙的境界，按着宗族所得的，记在下面。他们地业的东界是亚他绿亚达到上伯和仑； 6 往西通到北边的密米他，又向东绕到他纳示罗，又接连到雅挪哈的东边， 7 从雅挪哈下到亚他绿，又到拿拉，达到耶利哥，通到约旦河为止； 8 从他普亚往西，到加拿河，直通到海为止。这就是以法莲支派按着宗族所得的地业。 9 另外在玛拿西人地业中得了些城邑和属城的村庄，这都是分给以法莲子孙的。 10 他们没有赶出住基色的迦南人，迦南人却住在以法莲人中间，成为做苦工的仆人，直到今日。
Joshua 16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 16
The Joseph Tribes.[a] 1 The lot that fell to the Josephites extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho east of the wilderness; then the boundary went up from Jericho to the heights at Bethel.[b] 2 Leaving Bethel for Luz, it crossed the ridge to the border of the Archites at Ataroth, 3 and descended westward to the border of the Japhletites, to that of the Lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer, and from there to the sea.(A)
Ephraim. 4 Within the heritage of Manasseh and Ephraim, sons of Joseph, 5 the dividing line[c] for the heritage of the Ephraimites by their clans ran from east of Ataroth-addar to Upper Beth-horon(B) 6 and thence to the sea. From Michmethath(C) on the north, their boundary curved eastward around Taanath-shiloh, and continued east of it to Janoah; 7 from there it descended to Ataroth and Naarah, and reaching Jericho, it ended at the Jordan. 8 From Tappuah the boundary ran westward to the Wadi Kanah and ended at the sea. This was the heritage of the Ephraimites by their clans, 9 including the villages that belonged to each city set aside for the Ephraimites within the heritage of the Manassites. 10 But they did not dispossess the Canaanites living in Gezer;(D) they live within Ephraim to the present day, though they have been put to forced labor.
Footnotes
- 16:1–17:18 After the boundaries and cities of Judah, the most important tribe, are given, the land of the next most important group, the two Joseph tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, is described, though it was separated from Judah by the territories of Benjamin (18:11–20) and Dan (19:40–48).
- 16:1–3 This line formed the southern boundary of Ephraim and the northern boundaries of Benjamin and of Dan.
- 16:5 The dividing line: separating Ephraim from Manasseh. Ephraim’s northern border (v. 5) is given in an east-to-west direction; its eastern border (vv. 6–7) in a north-to-south direction.
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