Joshua 16:8

Joshua 16:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
• New International Version (NIV)From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to its clans.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From 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,
• New King James Version (NKJV)The border went out from Tappuah westward to the Brook Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families.

Context of Joshua 16:8

6From there the border goes west, with Michmethath on the north. The border then turns east to Taanath Shiloh and passes east to Janoah. 7From Janoah it descends to Ataroth and Naarah, touches Jericho, and ends at the Jordan River. At Tappuah the border goes west along the Kanah River and ends at the Mediterranean Sea. This is the land given as an inheritance to the families of the tribe of Ephraim 9with all the cities and their villages selected for Ephraim in Manasseh’s territory. 10However, they did not force out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today, but they are required to do forced labor.

Joshua 16:8 word by word

מִתַּפּ֜וּחַ יֵלֵ֨ךְ הַגְּב֥וּל יָ֙מָּה֙ נַ֣חַל קָנָ֔ה וְהָי֥וּ תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו הַיָּ֑מָּה זֹ֗את נַחֲלַ֛ת מַטֵּ֥ה בְנֵי־אֶפְרַ֖יִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366
• went outיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• from Tappuahתַּפּוּחַtappûach · TappuahH8599
• westwardיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
• unto the riverנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158
• Kanahקָנָהqânâh · KanahH7071
• and the goings outתּוֹצָאָהtôtsâ'âh tôtsâ'âh · outgoingH8444
• thereof were at the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• the inheritanceנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• of the tribeמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribeH4294
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• by their familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940

Cross-references for Joshua 16:8

• Joshua 12:17the king of Tappuah, the king of Hepher,
• Joshua 17:8(The land of Tappuah belongs to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belongs to Ephraim.)
• Joshua 17:9The border then descends southward to the Kanah River. These cities belong to Ephraim, although they are among Manasseh’s cities. Manasseh’s ⌞southern⌟ border is the river, which ends at the Mediterranean Sea.
• Joshua 19:28Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, and as far as Great Sidon.
• Joshua 16:3Then it descends west to the border of Japhlet and Lower Beth Horon, on to Gezer, and ends at the Mediterranean Sea.
• Numbers 34:6“The western border is the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

Commentaries on Joshua 16:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Tappuah - This was a city in the tribe of Manasseh, and gave name to a certain district called the land of Tappuah. See Joshua 17:8. The sea - The Mediterranean, as before.Read the comment
• 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

Topics related to Joshua 16:8

• Ephraim
• Kanah
• Tappuah

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Euphrates River, the River
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Ephraim, The tribe of
• Kanah
• Manasseh
• Tappuah
• Ephraim (1)
• Joshua (2)

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