And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
Ver. 1. And the lot of the children of Joseph.] See Joshua 15:1 .
From Jordan by Jericho.] On the north of Canaan, as Judah's had fallen on the south: that these two strongest tribes might be as bulwarks to both sides of the kingdom. So in their march through the wilderness, in their several companies or brigades, God put a strong tribe to two weak tribes, as Judah to Issachar and Zebulon, &c. See Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 40:11 .
Unto the water of Jericho.] Afterwards made no less famous than wholesome by Elisha's healing of them. 2Ki 2:21