Joshua 16
The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh
The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, ainto the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel. 2 Then agoing from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites. 3 Then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower aBeth-horon, then to bGezer, and it ends at the sea.
4 aThe people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
5 The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was aAtaroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon, 6 and the boundary goes from there to the sea. On the north is aMichmethath. Then on the east the boundary turns around toward Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah, 7 then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and ato Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan. 8 From aTappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Ephraim by their clans, 9 together with athe towns that were set apart for the people of Ephraim within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages. 10 However, athey did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made bto do forced labor.
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