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;
The territory given to the tribe of Ephraim, divided among their family groups, had this boundary: on the eastern side, their inherited land stretched from Ataroth-addar to Upper Beth-horon.
This verse describes the eastern boundary of the land that God gave to the tribe of Ephraim when Israel settled in the Promised Land.
📚 Historical Context
This passage comes from the detailed account of how the Promised Land was divided among the twelve tribes of Israel after they conquered Canaan under Joshua's leadership. Ephraim was one of the two tribes descended from Joseph's sons, and they received territory in the central hill country of Palestine. These boundary descriptions served as legal documents establishing each tribe's inheritance for future generations.
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