Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages.
Joshua 16:7 - New International Version (Anglicised) Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages.
They left the mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho.
and continued to the Mediterranean Sea. From Mikmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah on the east.
the water from upstream stopped flowing. It piled up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam in the vicinity of Zarethan, while the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No-one went out and no-one came in.
At that time Joshua pronounced this solemn oath: ‘Cursed before the Lord is the one who undertakes to rebuild this city, Jericho: ‘At the cost of his firstborn son he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.’