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Joshua 16

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Joshua 16 . 1

1 The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.TOSKJoshua 16:1

Joshua 16 . 2

2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.TOSKJoshua 16:2

Joshua 16 . 3

3 Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.TOSKJoshua 16:3

Joshua 16 . 4

4 So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.TOSKJoshua 16:4

Joshua 16 . 5

5 This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horonTOSKJoshua 16:5

Joshua 16 . 6

6 and out toward the Sea. From Michmethath on the north it turned eastward toward Taanath-shiloh and passed by it to Janoah on the east.TOSKJoshua 16:6

Joshua 16 . 7

7 From Janoah it went down to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan.TOSKJoshua 16:7

Joshua 16 . 8

8 From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,TOSKJoshua 16:8

Joshua 16 . 9

9 along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.TOSKJoshua 16:9

Joshua 16 . 10

10 But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.TOSKJoshua 16:10