16The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan River near Jericho, east of the springs of Jericho, through the wilderness and into the hill country of Bethel.H1486H1121H3130H3318H3383H3405H4325H3405H4217H4057H5927H3405H2022H10082From Bethel (that is, Luz) it ran over to Ataroth in the territory of the Arkites.H3318H1008H3870H5674H1366H757H58523Then it descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer and over to the Mediterranean Sea.H3381H3220H1366H3311H1366H1032H8481H1507H8444H32204This was the homeland allocated to the families of Joseph's sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.H1121H3130H4519H669H5157
The Land Given to Ephraim
5The following territory was given to the clans of the tribe of Ephraim. The boundary of their homeland began at Ataroth-addar in the east. From there it ran to Upper Beth-horon,H1366H1121H669H4940H1366H5159H4217H5853H1032H59456then on to the Mediterranean Sea. From Micmethath on the north, the boundary curved eastward past Taanath-shiloh to the east of Janoah.H1366H3318H3220H4366H6828H1366H5437H4217H8387H5674H4217H32397From Janoah it turned southward to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and ended at the Jordan River.H3381H3239H5852H5292H6293H3405H3318H33838From Tappuah the boundary extended westward, following the Kanah Ravine to the Mediterranean Sea. This is the homeland allocated to the clans of the tribe of Ephraim.H1366H3212H8599H3220H5158H7071H8444H3220H5159H4294H1121H669H49409In addition, some towns with their surrounding villages in the territory allocated to the half-tribe of Manasseh were set aside for the tribe of Ephraim.H3995H5892H1121H669H8432H5159H1121H4519H5892H269110They did not drive the Canaanites out of Gezer, however, so the people of Gezer live as slaves among the people of Ephraim to this day.H3423H3669H3427H1507H3669H3427H7130H669H3117H5647H4522
it ran over to Ataroth in the territory of the Arkites.H3318
