16The allotment of the Josephites went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel;H1486H1121H3130H3318H3383H3405H4325H3405H4217H4057H5927H3405H2022H10082then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites;H3318H1008H3870H5674H1366H757H58523then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ends at the sea.H3381H3220H1366H3311H1366H1032H8481H1507H8444H32204The Josephites—Manasseh and Ephraim—received their inheritance.H1121H3130H4519H669H51575The territory of the Ephraimites by their families was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon,H1366H1121H669H4940H1366H5159H4217H5853H1032H59456and the boundary goes from there to the sea; on the north is Michmethath; then on the east the boundary makes a turn toward Taanath-shiloh, and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah,H1366H3318H3220H4366H6828H1366H5437H4217H8387H5674H4217H32397then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan.H3381H3239H5852H5292H6293H3405H3318H33838From Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the Wadi Kanah, and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites by their families,H1366H3212H8599H3220H5158H7071H8444H3220H5159H4294H1121H669H49409together with the towns that were set apart for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages.H3995H5892H1121H669H8432H5159H1121H4519H5892H269110They did not, however, drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer: so the Canaanites have lived within Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.H3423H3669H3427H1507H3669H3427H7130H669H3117H5647H4522