Bible Strands
Joshua 16:6
and out toward the Sea. From Michmethath on the north it turned eastward toward Taanath-shiloh and passed by it to Janoah on the east.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the surveyed boundary line for the tribe of Ephraim during the initial allocation of the Promised Land. This description sits between the eastern starting point of the border in verse 5 and the southern descent toward Jericho in verse 7.
The words — The text employs הַגְּב֥וּל (ha.ge.Vul, "the border") and מִזְרָחָ֖ה (miz.Ra.cha/h, "eastward") to chart the boundary's directional shift. These terms specify the course from Michmethath toward Taanath-shiloh and onward to Janoah.
The thread — The same landmark reappears in Joshua 17:7, which marks the border of Manasseh extending from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem. The area's geographic centrality is noted in Joshua 18:1 when the congregation assembles at Shiloh.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition of the precise, surveyed boundaries assigned to Ephraim rather than vague territorial claims. It requires the reader to track the border's cardinal movements as a concrete record of tribal inheritance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath–shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
Cross-references
- Joshua 17:7 Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
- Joshua 18:1 Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,