Joshua 16

New King James Version

Ephraim and West Manasseh

16 The lot ^[a]fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the ^(A)wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to ^[b]Bethel, ² then went out ^[c]from ^(B)Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth, ³ and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, ^(C)as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to ^(D)Gezer; and ^[d]it ended at the sea.

^4 (E)So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their ^[e]inheritance.

The Land of Ephraim

^5 (F)The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was ^(G)Ataroth Addar ^(H)as far as Upper Beth Horon.

⁶ And the border went out toward the sea on the north side of ^(I)Michmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah. ⁷ Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and ^[f]Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.

⁸ The border went out from ^(J)Tappuah westward to the ^(K)Brook Kanah, and ^[g]it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families. ^9 (L)The separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

^10 (M)And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.