Joshua 16:7

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending 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.

Context of Joshua 16:7

5Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon. 6Then the border went westward at Michmethath on the north, and the border turned about eastward to Taanath-shiloh and continued beyond it to the east of Janoah. It went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan. 8From Tappuah the border continued westward to the brook of Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families, 9together with the cities which were set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

Joshua 16:7 word by word

וְיָרַ֥ד מִיָּנ֖וֹחָה עֲטָר֣וֹת וְנַעֲרָ֑תָה וּפָגַע֙ בִּֽירִיח֔וֹ וְיָצָ֖א הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃Read the interlinear

• It wentיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• from Janoahיָנ֫וֹחָהyânôach yânôchâh · JanoahH3239
• to Atarothעֲטָרוֹת‛ăţârôth ‛ăţârôth · AtarothH5852
• Naarahנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · NaarahH5292
• then reachedפָּגַעpâga‛ · to fall onH6293
• Jerichoיְרִיחוֹyerîychô yerêchô yerîychôh · JerichoH3405
• and cameיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: extendsH3318
• out at the Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383

Cross-references for Joshua 16:7

• 1 Chronicles 7:28Their possessions and settlements were Bethel with its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns as far as Ayyah with its towns,
• Joshua 3:16the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho.
• Joshua 6:1Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in.
• Numbers 33:48They journeyed from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite 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

Topics related to Joshua 16:7

• Ataroth
• Ephraim
• Janohah
• Naarath

In the dictionaries

• Jericho
• Jordan
• Ataroth
• Ephraim, The tribe of
• Janoah
• Manasseh
• Naarath
• Ephraim (1)
• Exodus, the Book of
• 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