Joshua 16:1
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The Land Given to Ephraim and West Manasseh
16 The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan River near Jericho, east of the springs of Jericho, through the wilderness and into the hill country of Bethel.
Joshua 18:12
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12 The northern boundary of Benjamin’s land began at the Jordan River, went north of the slope of Jericho, then west through the hill country and the wilderness of Beth-aven.
Joshua 8:15
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15 Joshua and the Israelite army fled toward the wilderness as though they were badly beaten.
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2 Kings 2:19-21
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Elisha’s First Miracles
19 One day the leaders of the town of Jericho visited Elisha. “We have a problem, my lord,” they told him. “This town is located in pleasant surroundings, as you can see. But the water is bad, and the land is unproductive.”
20 Elisha said, “Bring me a new bowl with salt in it.” So they brought it to him. 21 Then he went out to the spring that supplied the town with water and threw the salt into it. And he said, “This is what the Lord says: I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or infertility.[a]”
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- 2:21 Or or make the land unproductive; Hebrew reads or barrenness.
Joshua 15:61
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61 In the wilderness there were the towns of Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,
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