¹The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho , at the waters of Jericho on the east , even the wilderness , going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel .

²It went out from Bethel to Luz , and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth ;

³and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites , to the border of Beth Horon the lower , and on to Gezer ; and ended at the sea .

⁴The children of Joseph , Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance .

⁵This was the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families . The border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper .

⁶The border went out westward at Michmethath on the north . The border turned about eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah .

⁷It went down from Janoah to Ataroth , to Naarah , reached to Jericho , and went out at the Jordan .

⁸From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah ; and ended at the sea . This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families ;

⁹together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the middle of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh , all the cities with their villages .

¹⁰They didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwell in the territory of Ephraim to this day , and have become servants to do forced labour .