1 And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by
Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up
from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
2 And
goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to
Ataroth,
3 And
goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the
nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
4 So
the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
5 And
the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east
side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
6 And
the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the
border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to
Janohah;
7 And
it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and
went out at Jordan.
8 The
border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out
thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the
children of Ephraim by their families.
9 And
the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among
the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their
villages.
10 And
they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell
among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
