the border, or boundary. Note the Figure of speech Topographia (App-6). in Joshua 16:5 and Joshua 16:6.
was thus. turned out to be.
Related Commentaries of Joshua 16:5
Joshua 16:5
5 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;