1 The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel.2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), "crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth,3 descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea.4 So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.5 This was the territory of Ephraim, according to its clans: The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon6 and continued to the Mediterranean Sea. From Mikmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah on the east.7 Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan.8 From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to its clans.9 It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.10 They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.

1 Cecidit quoque sors filiorum Joseph ab Jordane contra Jericho et aquas ejus ab oriente : solitudo qu ascendit de Jericho ad montem Bethel : 2 et egreditur de Bethel Luza : transitque terminum Archi, Ataroth : 3 et descendit ad occidentem juxta terminum Jephleti, usque ad terminos Beth-horon inferioris, et Gazer : finiunturque regiones ejus mari magno : 4 possederuntque filii Joseph, Manasses et Ephraim.5 Et factus est terminus filiorum Ephraim per cognationes suas : et possessio eorum contra orientem Ataroth Addar usque Beth-horon superiorem. 6 Egrediunturque confinia in mare : Machmethath vero aquilonem respicit, et circuit terminos contra orientem in Thanathselo : et pertransit ab oriente Jano. 7 Descenditque de Jano in Ataroth et Naaratha : et pervenit in Jericho, egrediturque ad Jordanem. 8 De Taphua pertransit contra mare in vallem arundineti, suntque egressus ejus in mare salsissimum. Hc est possessio tribus filiorum Ephraim per familias suas. 9 Urbesque separat sunt filiis Ephraim in medio possessionis filiorum Manasse, et vill earum. 10 Et non interfecerunt filii Ephraim Chananum, qui habitabat in Gazer : habitavitque Chananus in medio Ephraim usque in diem hanc tributarius.