Jos 16 | HCSB | STEP | 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 .

‏ Joshua 16

Joseph’s Inheritance

The allotment for the descendants of Joseph ^{▼▼= the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh} went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness ^b ascending from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. 2 From Bethel it went to Luz and proceeded to the border of the Archites by Ataroth. ^c 3 It then descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, ^d and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. 4 So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, ^e received their inheritance. ^f

Ephraim’s Inheritance

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

The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar ^g on the east of Upper Beth-horon. 6 In the north the border went westward from Michmethath; ^h it turned eastward from Taanath-shiloh and passed it east of Janoah. 7 From Janoah it descended to Ataroth and Naarah, ⁱ and then reached Jericho and went to the Jordan. 8 From Tappuah the border ^{▼▼Ephraim’s northern border} went westward along the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. ^kThis was the inheritance of the tribe of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans, together with 9 the cities set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh – all these cities with their villages. 10 But, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. ^l So the Canaanites live in Ephraim to this day, ^m but they are forced laborers.