Joshua 16

Ephraim’s Inheritance

¹The 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.

²It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth.[#16:2 LXX (See also Joshua 18:13); Hebrew from Bethel to Luz]

³Then 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.[#16:3 That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea; also in verses 6 and 8]

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

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

This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,

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

¹⁰But 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.