A moment in scripture
Joshua 16:6
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;
The surrounding passage
- Joshua 16:4
So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
- Joshua 16:5
And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth–addar, unto Beth–horon the upper;
- Joshua 16:7
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
- 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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.