The Allotment of Ephraim and Manasseh

16 The allotment of the descendants[fn] of Joseph went fromthe Jordan by Jericho, at the waters of Jericho to the east, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel; 2 it continues from Bethel to Luz, and it passes along to the territory of the Arkites[fn] at Ataroth. 3 Then it goes down, to the west, to the territory of the Japhletites,[fn] up to the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, andit ends[fn] at the sea.

4 And the descendants[fn] of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. 5 This was the border of the descendants[fn] of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance to the eastwas Ataroth Addar, up to Upper Beth-horon. 6 The border continues to the sea; from Micmethath to the north, the border turns to the east to Taanath Shiloh, and it passes along it from the east to Janoah. 7 Then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah; it touches Jericho and ends at the Jordan; 8 from Tappuah the border goes to the west, to the wadi[fn] of Kanah, andit ends[fn] at the sea. Thisis the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants[fn] of Ephraim according to their families, 9 with the cities that were set apart for the descendants[fn] of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the descendants[fn] of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages. 10 But they did not drive out the Canananites[fn] who were dwelling in Gezer, and so the Canaanites[fn] live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.