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Joshua 16 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Ephraim and West Manasseh
The Borders of Ephraim

Jos 16:1

Jos 16:1The lot fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to Bethel,

Jos 16:2

Jos 16:2then went out from Bethel to Luz,[fn] passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth,

Jos 16:3

Jos 16:3and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to Gezer; and it ended at the sea.

Jos 16:4

Jos 16:4So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
The Land of Ephraim

Jos 16:5

Jos 16:5The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth Addar as far as Upper Beth Horon.

Jos 16:6

Jos 16:6And the border went out toward the sea on the north side of Michmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah.

Jos 16:7

Jos 16:7Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and Naarah,[fn] reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.

Jos 16:8

Jos 16:8The border went out from Tappuah westward to the Brook Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families.

Jos 16:9

Jos 16:9The separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

Jos 16:10

Jos 16:10And 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.
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NKJV Footnotes
Septuagint reads Bethel (that is, Luz).
Or Naaran (compare 1 Chronicles 7:28)
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