Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns;
Joshua 16:7 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) then it goes down from Jan-oah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, touched Jericho, and ended at the Jordan [River]. American Standard Version (1901) and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the Jordan. Common English Bible It goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, touches Jericho, and goes to the Jordan. Catholic Public Domain Version And it descends from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah. and it continues to Jericho, and it extends to the Jordan. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it goeth down from Janoe into Ataroth and Naaratha: and it cometh to Jericho: and goeth out to the Jordan. |
Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns;
And they set out from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho;
and the boundary goes thence to the sea; on the north is Mich-methath; then on the east the boundary turns round toward Taanath-shiloh, and passes along beyond it on the east to Jan-oah,
the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap far off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off; and the people passed over opposite Jericho.
Now Jericho was shut up from within and from without because of the people of Israel; none went out, and none came in.
Joshua laid an oath upon them at that time, saying, “Cursed before the Lord be the man that rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. “At the cost of his first-born shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.”