Friday, October 4, 2013

The children of Joseph


(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Joshua 16:1–4, “And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea. So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.”
Joseph was represented by two tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh. (Gen 48:22, “Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”) They were given inheritance according to their numbers as were the rest of the tribes.

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