Joshua 16 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Territory of Ephraim

Jos 16:1And the limit of the land marked out for the children of Joseph went out from Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, in the waste land, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;

Jos 16:2

Jos 16:2And it goes out from Beth-el to Luz, and on as far as the limit of the Archites to Ataroth;

Jos 16:3

Jos 16:3And it goes down to the west to the limit of the Japhletites, to the limit of Beth-horon the lower, as far as Gezer; ending at the sea.

Jos 16:4

Jos 16:4And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their heritage.

Jos 16:5

Jos 16:5And the limit of the land of the children of Ephraim by their families was marked out in this way: the limit of their heritage to the east was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the higher;

Jos 16:6

Jos 16:6The line goes out to the west at Michmethath on the north; then turning to the east to Taanath-shiloh, going past it on the east of Janoah;

Jos 16:7

Jos 16:7And from Janoah down to Ataroth, and to Naarah, and touching Jericho, it goes on to Jordan.

Jos 16:8

Jos 16:8From Tappuah the line goes on to the west to the river of Kanah; ending at the sea. This is the heritage of the children of Ephraim by their families;

Jos 16:9

Jos 16:9Together with the towns marked out for the children of Ephraim in the heritage of Manasseh, all the towns with their unwalled places.

Jos 16:10

Jos 16:10And the Canaanites who were living in Gezer were not forced out; but the Canaanites have been living among Ephraim, to this day, as servants, doing forced work.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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Joshua 16 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Territory of Ephraim

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