Joshua 16
1 The portion allotted to the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho, from the waters of Jericho to the east, through the wilderness that rises from Jericho into the hill country, as far as Bethel.
2 It went out from Bethel to Luz and passed on to the border of the Archites at Ataroth.
3 It descended westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer; its farthest point was the sea.
4 So the descendants of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
5 This was the border of the Ephraimites, according to their clans: the eastern border of their inheritance was Ataroth-addar, as far as Upper Beth-horon.
6 The border went westward to Michmethath on the north; then it turned eastward to Taanath-shiloh and passed by it, east of Janoah.
7 It descended from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.
8 From Tappuah the border went westward to the brook of Kanah, and its farthest point was the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to their clans.
9 There were also towns set apart for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites, with all their towns and villages.
10 They did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. The Canaanites have lived among the Ephraimites to this day, subject to forced labor.
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