The allotment of the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by
Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going
up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel. Then going from
Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the
Archites. Then it goes down westward to the territory of the
Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to
Gezer, and it ends at the sea.

  The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their
inheritance.

  The territory of the people of Ephraim by their clans was as
follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-
addar as far as Upper Beth-horon, and the boundary goes from there
to the sea. On the north is Michmethath. Then on the east the
boundary turns around toward Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond
it on the east to Janoah, then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth
and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan. From
Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah and ends at
the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of
Ephraim by their clans, together with the towns that were set apart
for the people of Ephraim within the inheritance of the Manassites,
all those towns with their villages. However, they did not drive
out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived
in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced
labor.

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