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 the territory of the children of Ephraim according to their clans was as follows: the border of their inheritance eastward was Atroth-addar, up to Upper Beth-horon. 6Then the border went out westward at Mich-methath on the north, then the border turned eastward to Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it to the east of Janoah. Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan. 8From Tappuah the border went along westward to the Wadi Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their clans, 9together with the towns which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all these towns with their villages.

Joshua 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 Beth-el and its villages, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer with its villages, as well as Shechem and its villages, as far as Aiah and its villages,
• Joshua 3:16the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the town next to Zarethan. What was flowing down to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
• Joshua 6:1Now Jericho was tightly shut up because of Bnei-Yisrael—no one going out and no one coming in.
• Numbers 33:48They moved on from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan, across from 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
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Ataroth
• Ephraim, The tribe of
• Janoah
• Manasseh
• Naarath
• Ephraim (1)
• Exodus, the Book of

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