| Joshua 16:1
| And *the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan over-against Jericho, and the waters thereof, on the east: the wilderness which goeth up from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel:
| Year of the World 2560. Joseph. The double portion is given to him, as Ruben forfeited his birth-right. (Chaldean) (Worthington) --- Waters; or the celebrated fountain, which renders the territory so fruitful, and which was made sweet, by Eliseus casting salt into it, 4 Kings 2:19. --- Wilderness of Bethaven, Josue 18:12., and 8:14. (Calmet) --- Which, is not to be referred to wilderness, but to the word lot. (Masius; Menochius)
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