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Joshua 16:8 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Joshua 16:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Joshua chapter 16 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.”
Joshua 16:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Joshua 16:8
The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families—this verse completes the boundary description by detailing the western border. Tappuah ("apple" or "height," תַּפּוּחַ) was located in the hill country, while the river Kanah (נַחַל קָנָה, "brook of reeds") formed a natural boundary descending to the Mediterranean.The phrase the goings out thereof were at the sea indicates the boundary's western terminus at the Mediterranean coast, giving Ephraim access to ...
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Cross-References for Joshua 16:8
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“Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;”
“to the border of Beth Horon the lower”
“you shall have the great sea and the border [of it]: this shall be your west border.”
“one; the king of Hepher”
“and Rehob”