Joshua 16

The Allotment of Ephraim and Manasseh

1 The allotment of the descendants*Or "sons" of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, at the waters of Jericho to the east, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel; 2 it continues from Bethel to Luz, and it passes along to the territory of the Arkites*Hebrew "Arkite" at Ataroth. 3 Then it goes down, to the west, to the territory of the Japhletites,*Hebrew "Japhletite" up to the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ends*Literally "the goings out of it were" at the sea.

4 And the descendants*Or "sons" of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. 5 This was the border of the descendants*Or "sons" of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance to the east was Ataroth Addar, up to Upper Beth-horon. 6 The border continues to the sea; from Micmethath to the north, the border turns to the east to Taanath Shiloh, and it passes along it from the east to Janoah. 7 Then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah; it touches Jericho and ends at the Jordan; 8 from Tappuah the border goes to the west, to the wadi*A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season of Kanah, and it ends*Literally "the goings out of it were" at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants*Or "sons" of Ephraim according to their families, 9 with the cities that were set apart for the descendants*Or "sons" of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the descendants*Or "sons" of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages. 10 But they did not drive out the Canananites*Hebrew "Canaanite" who were dwelling in Gezer, and so the Canaanites*Hebrew "Canaanite" live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.