Joshua 16:4

God's Word

So Joseph’s sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, received this land as their inheritance.

Cross References

Genesis 41:52

He named the second son Ephraim [Blessed Twice With Children], because God gave him children in the land where he had suffered.

Ezekiel 47:13

This is what the Almighty Lord says: These are the borders of the land that is to be divided among the 12 tribes of Israel. Joseph gets two parts.

Joshua 14:4

because Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, formed two tribes. The Levites were not given a share of the land. Joseph’s descendants gave the Levites cities to live in with pasturelands for their cattle and everything they had.

Joshua 16:5

This is the territory for the families descended from Ephraim. The eastern border of the land they inherited is from Ataroth Addar to Upper Beth Horon.

Joshua 17:14

Joseph’s descendants asked Joshua, “Why did you give us only one region for an inheritance? We have a lot of people because the Lord has blessed us.”

Joshua 18:5

They will divide the land into seven parts. Judah will stay within its territory in the south, and Joseph’s descendants will stay within their territory in the north.