Paragraph 16:5–10

16:5a

This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The phrase the territory of the descendants of Ephraim refers to the land that the clan of Ephraim received.

clans: The Hebrew word that the Berean Standard Bible translates as clans actually refers to families or groups of people within a clan. This word is translated in the display as “sub-clans.” See the note at Joshua 7:14.

Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

according to their sub-clans
-or-
each sub-clan in the clan of Ephraim received their own portion of land

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

the land that the clan of Ephraim received, according to their sub-clans, was like this
-or-
each family in the clan of Ephraim received their own portion of land. That land had the following boundaries.

16:5b

The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east: The boundary points in this verse define the southern boundary of the clan of Ephraim.

Ataroth-addar: This town may be the same town as the town of “Ataroth” in Joshua 16:2, but this is not certain.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

The border of their land began at Ataroth-addar in the east
-or-
Their ⌊southern⌋ boundary started at the town of Ataroth-addar in the east

16:5c

to Upper Beth-horon: The town of Upper Beth-horon was to the west of Ataroth-addar.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

and continued ⌊west⌋ to Upper Beth-horon
-or-
and went on to the town of Upper Beth-horon

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