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Joshua traces the eastern boundary of Ephraims tribal inheritance descending from the central highlands through Taanath-shiloh Janohah Ataroth and Naarah down to Jericho and the Jordan — fixing the frontier between the Joseph tribes Galilean uplands and the Jordan rift.
Joshua 16:5-7 traces the eastern boundary of Ephraim's tribal inheritance descending from the central highlands toward the Jordan: "The border went out toward the sea to Michmethath on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan." The parallel 1 Chronicles 7:28 spells the name "Naaran" — the same eastern frontier town of Ephraim's territory above the Jordan Valley north of Jericho. The town later housed a notable Byzantine-era Jewish community whose synagogue mosaic survives today.
God's promise to Joseph's descendants finally becomes real estate — complete with boundary markers, named landmarks, and measured borders. But one verse at the end reveals a compromise that would quietly shape Ephraim's future for generations.
1 ChroniclesWhere the Warriors Came FromChronicles keeps rolling through Israel's tribal records — and tucked inside the names and numbers are stories you don't want to miss. There's a father who named his son 'disaster,' a woman who built entire cities, and a family line that ends with Joshua himself.
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