Joshua 16

The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

1The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, ainto the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel. 2Then bgoing from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites. 3Then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower cBeth-horon, then to dGezer, and it ends at the sea.

4 eThe people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.

5The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was fAtaroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon, 6and the boundary goes from there to the sea. On the north is gMichmethath. Then on the east the boundary turns around toward Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah, 7then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and hto Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan. 8From iTappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Ephraim by their clans, 9together with jthe towns that were set apart for the people of Ephraim within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages. 10However, kthey did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made lto do forced labor.

Joshua 17:14-17

14Then mthe people of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me but none lot and one portion as an inheritance, although I am oa numerous people, since all along the Lord has blessed me?” 15And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up by yourselves to the forest, and there clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and pthe Rephaim, since qthe hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.” 16The people of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have rchariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in sthe Valley of Jezreel.” 17Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, “You are a numerous people and have great power. You shall not have one allotment only,

Psalms 1:1-3

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

1 Blessed is the man
The singular Hebrew word for  man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface

who uwalks not in vthe counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in wthe way of sinners,
nor xsits in ythe seat of zscoffers;
2but his aadelight is in the law
Or instruction
of the Lord,
and on his aclaw he meditates day and night.
3 He is like ada tree
planted by aestreams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its afleaf does not wither.
agIn all that he does, he prospers.

Psalms 128:1

Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord

A Song of ahAscents.

1 aiBlessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who ajwalks in his ways!

Psalms 128:3

3 Your wife will be like aka fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like alolive shoots
around your table.

Ezekiel 19:11

11Its strong stems became
rulersscepters;
it towered aloft
among the thick boughs;
Or  the clouds

it was seen in its height
with the mass of its branches.
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