Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

Keil and Delitzsch <strong>Commentary</strong> on the Old Testament
10:10, and Rob. iii. p. 59). "And to Gezer," which was probably situated near the
village of el Kubab (see at Josh 10:33). "And the goings out thereof are at the sea"
(the Mediterranean), probably running towards the north-west, and following the
Wady Muzeireh to the north of Japho, which was assigned to the Danites, according to
Josh 19:46.
Verse 4. The territory commencing at the boundary lines mentioned was allotted to
Ephraim and Manasseh as their inheritance.
Joshua 16:5-6
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 Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron
the upper;
Territory of the tribe of Ephraim , according to its families. - V. 5. "The border of
their inheritance was from the east Atroth-addar and (along the line) to Upper Bethhoron,"
- a brief description of the southern boundary, which is more minutely
described in vv. 1-3. Upper Beth-horon is mentioned here instead of Lower Bethhoron
(v. 3). This makes no difference, however, as the two places stood quite close to
one another (see at Josh 10:10). In vv. 6-8 the northern boundary of Ephraim is given,
namely, from the middle, or from "a central point near the watershed" ( Knobel ), first
towards the east (vv. 6 and 7), and then towards the west (v. 8). The eastern half of the
northern boundary went yaamaah (OT:3220), i.e., when regarded from the west, or
looked at towards the west, to the north side of Michmethah. According to Josh 17:7,
this place was before Shechem, and therefore in any case it was not far from it, though
it has not been discovered yet.
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