Joshua 16

Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

16The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert^o into the hill country of Bethel.^{p 2}It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz^q),^a crossed over to the territory of the Arkites^r in Ataroth,^{s 3}descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon^t and on to Gezer,^u ending at the Mediterranean Sea.

⁴So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.^v

⁵This was the territory of Ephraim, according to its clans:

The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar^w in the east to Upper Beth Horon^{x 6}and continued to the Mediterranean Sea. From Mikmethath^y on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah^z on the east. ⁷Then it went down from Janoah^a to Ataroth^b and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan. ⁸From Tappuah^c the border went west to the Kanah Ravine^d and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to its clans. ⁹It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.^e

¹⁰They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.^f