KJV King James Version
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
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Joshua 16:7
And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.
WEB World English Bible
It went down from Janoah to Ataroth, to Naarah, reached to Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.
ASV American Standard Version
and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and gone down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and touched against Jericho, and gone out at the Jordan.
Surrounding context — Joshua 16
4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
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 Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
6 And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
7 And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
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.
9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim [were] among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
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1 Chronicles 7:28And their possessions and habitations [were], Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood [and] rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that [is] beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, failed, [and] were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.Joshua 6:26And Joshua adjured [them] at that time, saying, Cursed [be] the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest [son] shall he set up the gates of it.Joshua 6:1Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.Numbers 33:48And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.
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