16:1 The allotment of the Josephites went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel;
16:2 then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites;
16:3 then it goes down westwards to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ends at the sea.
16:4 The Josephites—Manasseh and Ephraim—received their inheritance.
16:5 The territory of the Ephraimites by their families was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon,
16:6 and the boundary goes from there to the sea; on the north is Michmethath; then on the east the boundary makes a turn towards Taanath-shiloh, and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah,
16:7 then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan.
16:8 From Tappuah the boundary goes westwards to the Wadi Kanah, and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites by their families,
16:9 together with the towns that were set apart for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages.
16:10 They did not, however, drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer: so the Canaanites have lived within Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labour.
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