[1] The allotment of land for the descendants of Joseph was from the Jordan by Jericho then east into the wilderness, rising from Jericho to the hill country of Bethel. [2] It goes out from Bethel to Luz and passes to the border of Arkite territory at Ataroth. [3] It goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, to the border of lower Beth Horon and Gezer, and then goes out to the sea. [4] So the descendants of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. [5] The territory of the Ephraimites, according to their clans, was as follows. The border of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon. [6] The border goes out toward the sea with Mikmethath on the north. It turns eastward toward Taanath Shiloh and passes it on the east toward Janoah. [7] It descends from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, touches Jericho, and extends to the Jordan. [8] From Tappuah the border goes west to the Kanah Ravine and out to the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites according to their clans. [9] The other cities for the Ephraimites were in the middle of the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages. [10] They did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim until this day performing heavy labor as slaves.
