16The allotment for the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness ascending from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.H1486H1121H3130H3318H3383H3405H4325H3405H4217H4057H5927H3405H2022H10082From Bethel it went to Luz and proceeded to the border of the Archites by Ataroth.H3318H1008H3870H5674H1366H757H58523It then descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.H3381H3220H1366H3311H1366H1032H8481H1507H8444H32204So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.H1121H3130H4519H669H5157
Ephraim’s Inheritance
5This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar on the east of Upper Beth-horon.H1366H1121H669H4940H1366H5159H4217H5853H1032H59456In the north the border went westward from Michmethath; it turned eastward from Taanath-shiloh and passed it east of Janoah.H1366H3318H3220H4366H6828H1366H5437H4217H8387H5674H4217H32397From Janoah it descended to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and went to the Jordan.H3381H3239H5852H5292H6293H3405H3318H33838From Tappuah the border went westward along the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans, together withH1366H3212H8599H3220H5158H7071H8444H3220H5159H4294H1121H669H49409the cities set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh— all these cities with their villages.H3995H5892H1121H669H8432H5159H1121H4519H5892H269110But, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites live in Ephraim to this day, but they are forced laborers.H3423H3669H3427H1507H3669H3427H7130H669H3117H5647H4522