Joshua 16

Ephraim and West Manasseh

16The lot ¹fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the ^awilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to ²Bethel, ²then went out ³from ^bBethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth, ³and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, ^cas far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to ^dGezer; and ⁴it ended at the sea.

^4eSo the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their ⁵inheritance.

The Land of Ephraim

^5fThe border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was ^gAtaroth Addar ^has far as Upper Beth Horon.

⁶And the border went out toward the sea on the north side of ⁱMichmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah. ⁷Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and ⁶Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.

⁸The border went out from ^jTappuah westward to the ^kBrook Kanah, and ⁷it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families. ^9lThe separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

^10mAnd they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.