Joshua 16

The Allotment of Ephraim and Manasseh

16The allotment of the descendants^a of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, at the waters of Jericho to the east, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel; ²it continues from Bethel to Luz, and it passes along to the territory of the Arkites^b at Ataroth. ³Then it goes down, to the west, to the territory of the Japhletites,^c up to the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ends^d at the sea.

⁴And the descendants^e of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. ⁵This was the border of the descendants^f of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance to the east was Ataroth Addar, up to Upper Beth-horon. ⁶The border continues to the sea; from Micmethath to the north, the border turns to the east to Taanath Shiloh, and it passes along it from the east to Janoah. ⁷Then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah; it touches Jericho and ends at the Jordan; ⁸from Tappuah the border goes to the west, to the wadi^g of Kanah, and it ends^h at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendantsⁱ of Ephraim according to their families, ⁹with the cities that were set apart for the descendants^j of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the descendants^k of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages. ¹⁰But they did not drive out the Canananites^l who were dwelling in Gezer, and so the Canaanites^m live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.