1 As terras distribuídas aos descendentes de José iam desde o Jordão, perto de Jericó, a leste das águas de Jericó, e daí subiam pelo deserto até a serra que vai de Jericó a Betel.2 De Betel, que é Luz, iam para o território dos arquitas, em Atarote,3 desciam para o oeste, até o território dos jafletitas, chegando à região de Bete-Horom Baixa, e prosseguiam até Gezer, terminando no mar.4 Assim os descendentes de Manassés e Efraim, filhos de José, receberam a sua herança.5 Este era o território de Efraim, clã por clã: A fronteira da sua herança ia de Atarote-Adar, a leste, até Bete-Horom Alta,6 e prosseguia até o mar. De Micmetá, ao norte, fazia uma curva para o leste, até Taanate-Siló, e, passando por ela, ia até Janoa, a leste.7 Depois descia de Janoa para Atarote e Naarate, encostava em Jericó e terminava no Jordão.8 De Tapua a fronteira seguia rumo oeste até o ribeiro de Caná e terminava no mar. Essa foi a herança da tribo dos efraimitas, clã por clã,9 que incluía todas as cidades com os seus povoados, separadas para os efraimitas na herança dos manassitas.10 Os cananeus de Gezer não foram expulsos, e até hoje vivem no meio do povo de Efraim, mas são sujeitos a trabalhos forçados.

1 The lot was for the children of Joseph. It fell from the Jordan by Jericho, to the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel.2 It goes out from Bethel to Luz, and passes along to the borders of Archi to Ataroth,3 It goes down westward to the coast of Japhleti, to the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: ending at the sea.4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.5 The border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the upper;6 The border went toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward to Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;7 It went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.8 The border went out from Tappuah westward to the river Kanah; and from there to the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.9 The separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.10 They did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, and have become forced laborers.