Joseph’s Inheritance

¹The land allotted for the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the Waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness ascending from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.[#16:1 Jos 8:15; 18:12]

²From Bethel it went to Luz and proceeded to the border of the Archites by Ataroth.[#16:2 Jos 18:13]

³It then descended westwards to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.[#16:3 Jos 10:33]

⁴So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.[#16:4 Jos 17:14; #16:4 Gn 48:5–20]

Ephraim’s Inheritance

⁵This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans:

This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans, together with

⁹the cities set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh #– #all these cities with their settlements.

¹⁰However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today, but they are forced labourers.[#16:10 Jdg 1:29; 1Kg 9:16; #16:10 Jos 6:25]