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Joshua 16 — Chapter Study Overview
Joshua 16 describes the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants, especially Ephraim, and ends with the important note that the Canaanites of Gezer were not driven out.
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The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh
Joshua 16 describes the inheritance of Joseph’s descendants, especially Ephraim, and ends with the important note that the Canaanites of Gezer were not driven out.
Jacob’s adoption and blessing of Ephraim and Manasseh in Genesis 48 gives Joseph two tribal lines; Joshua’s separate allotments to Ephraim and Manasseh show that patriarchal family arrangement becoming concrete territorial inheritance.
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