E.
The land allotted to the tribe of Joseph
16:1—17:18
1.
From Jericho to Bethel and to the sea
16:1-4
Josh. 16
:1
16:1
And the lot for the children of Joseph went
afrom the Jordan at
bJericho, east of the waters of Jericho, to the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel,
Josh. 16
:2
16:2
And went from
aBethel to Luz, and passed on to the border of the Archites at Ataroth,
Josh. 16
:3
16:3
And went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Lower Beth-horon and to Gezer; and its end was the sea.
Josh. 16
:4
16:4
And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
2.
The land allotted to the children of Ephraim, the second son of Joseph
16:5-10
Josh. 16
:5
16:5
And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was
thus: The border for their inheritance on the east was
from Ataroth-addar to Upper Beth-horon;
Josh. 16
:6
16:6
And the border went to the sea.
aOn the north was Michmethath, and the border went around eastward to Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it to the east of Janoah,
Josh. 16
:7
16:7
And went down from Janoah to Ataroth, then to Naarah, and reached Jericho, and went to the Jordan.
Josh. 16
:8
16:8
From Tappuah the border went westward to the brook of Kanah; and its end was the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families,
Josh. 16
:9
16:9
Together with the cities that were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
Josh. 16
:10
16:10
aYet they did not dispossess the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day and have become
bforced labor.
