The Territory Assigned to Ephraim and West Manasseh
16The southern boundary of the land assigned to the descendants of Joseph started from the Jordan near Jericho, at a point east of the springs of Jericho, and went into the desert. It went from Jericho up into the hill country as far as Bethel.H1486H1121H3130H3318H3383H3405H4325H3405H4217H4057H5927H3405H2022H10082From Bethel it went to Luz, passing on to Ataroth Addar, where the Archites lived.H3318H1008H3870H5674H1366H757H58523It then went west to the area of the Japhletites, as far as the area of Lower Beth Horon. It went on from there to Gezer and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.H3381H3220H1366H3311H1366H1032H8481H1507H8444H32204The descendants of Joseph, the tribes of Ephraim and West Manasseh, received this land as their possession.H1121H3130H4519H669H5157
Ephraim
5This was the territory of the Ephraimite families: their border ran from Ataroth Addar eastward to Upper Beth Horon,H1366H1121H669H4940H1366H5159H4217H5853H1032H59456and from there to the Mediterranean Sea. Michmethath was on their north. East of there the border bent toward Taanath Shiloh and went past it on the east to Janoah.H1366H3318H3220H4366H6828H1366H5437H4217H8387H5674H4217H32397Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, reaching Jericho and ending at the Jordan.H3381H3239H5852H5292H6293H3405H3318H33838The border went west from Tappuah to the stream Kanah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the land given to the families of the tribe of Ephraim as their possession,H1366H3212H8599H3220H5158H7071H8444H3220H5159H4294H1121H669H49409along with some towns and villages that were within the borders of Manasseh, but given to the Ephraimites.H3995H5892H1121H669H8432H5159H1121H4519H5892H269110But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among the Ephraimites to this day, but they have been forced to work as slaves.H3423H3669H3427H1507H3669H3427H7130H669H3117H5647H4522