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Joshua 16 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

Joseph’s Inheritance
Jos 16:1

The allotment for the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the Waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness ascending from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

Jos 16:2

From Bethel it went to Luz and proceeded to the border of the Archites by Ataroth.

Jos 16:3

It then descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

Jos 16:4

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

Ephraim’s Inheritance
Jos 16:5

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

The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar on the east to Upper Beth-horon.

Jos 16:6

In the north the border went westward from Michmethath; it turned eastward from Taanath-shiloh and passed it east of Janoah.

Jos 16:7

From Janoah it descended to Ataroth and Naarah, and then reached Jericho and went to the Jordan.

Jos 16:8

From Tappuah the border went westward along the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.

This was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans, together with

Jos 16:9

the cities set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh ​— ​all these cities with their settlements.

Jos 16:10

However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites still live in Ephraim today, but they are forced laborers.

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