JOSHUA 16 (NIV)
- The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan of Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel.
- It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth,
- descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the sea.
- So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.
- This was the territory of Ephraim, clan by clan: The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon
- and continued to the sea. From Micmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah on the east.
- Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan.
- From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephramites, clan by clan.
- It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.
- They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live amongthe people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.
