Joshua 16

JOSEPH’S INHERITANCE

16The allotment for the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the Waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness^k ascending from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. ²From Bethel it went to Luz and proceeded to the border of the Archites by Ataroth.^{l 3}It then descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer,^m and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. ⁴So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph,ⁿ received their inheritance.^o

EPHRAIM’S INHERITANCE

⁵This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans:

The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar^a on the east to Upper Beth-horon. ⁶In the north the border went westward from Michmethath;^b it turned eastward from Taanath-shiloh and passed it east of Janoah. ⁷From Janoah it descended to Ataroth and Naarah,^c and then reached Jericho and went to the Jordan. ⁸From Tappuah the border went westward along the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.^d

This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans, together with ⁹the cities set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh—all these cities with their settlements. ¹⁰However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer.^e So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today,^f but they are forced laborers.