English Standard Version
Joshua 16:7
7then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan.
Joshua 16:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
- New International Version (NIV)Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.
- New Living Translation (NLT)From Janoah it turned southward to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and ended at the Jordan River.
Context of Joshua 16:7
5The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon, 6and the boundary goes from there to the sea. On the north is Michmethath. Then on the east the boundary turns around toward Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah, then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan. 8From Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Ephraim by their clans, 9together with the towns that were set apart for the people of Ephraim within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages.
Read all of Joshua 16Joshua 16:7 word by word
וְיָרַ֥ד מִיָּנ֖וֹחָה עֲטָר֣וֹת וְנַעֲרָ֑תָה וּפָגַע֙ בִּֽירִיח֔וֹ וְיָצָ֖א הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And it went downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- from Janohahיָנ֫וֹחָהyânôach yânôchâh · JanoahH3239
- to Atarothעֲטָרוֹת‛ăţârôth ‛ăţârôth · AtarothH5852
- and to Naarathנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · NaarahH5292
- and cameפָּגַעpâga‛ · to fall onH6293
- to Jerichoיְרִיחוֹyerîychô yerêchô yerîychôh · JerichoH3405
- and went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: extendsH3318
- at Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
Cross-references for Joshua 16:7
- 1 Chronicles 7:28Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns;
- Joshua 3:16the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.
- Joshua 6:1Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in.
- Numbers 33:48And they set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho;
Commentaries on Joshua 16:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-8Verses 5-8 From the abrupt manner in which the statements are introduced, as well as from their imperfect character, there is probability in the conjecture that some words have, in these verses, fallen out of the text. Few of the places are known for certain.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8This description of Ephraim’s northern boundary with Manasseh is general and incomplete. Because Shechem belonged to Manasseh, the border between the two tribes ran south of that town.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-95-9. the border of their inheritance ... was Ataroth-addar--Ataroth-addar (now Atara), four miles south of Jetta [Robinson], is fixed on as a center, through which a line is drawn from Upper Beth-horon to Michmethah, showing the western limit of their actual possessions. The tract beyond that to the sea was still unconquered.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Joshua 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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