Joshua 16:2 meaning and explanation

It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.

Joshua 16:2, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse sits inside the description of the land allotted to the tribes of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh, after the conquest of Canaan. The narrator is tracing the northern boundary of that inheritance, moving from Bethel, which he identifies by its older name Luz, toward the territory associated with the Archites at Ataroth.

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