CHAPTER 16
The allotment
for the descendants
of Joseph
extended
from the Jordan
at Jericho
to the waters
of Jericho
on the east,
through the wilderness
that goes up
from Jericho
into the hill country
of Bethel.
Then it descended
westward
to
the border
of the Japhletites
as
far as the border
of lower
Beth-horon,
then to
Gezer,
and ended
at the Sea.
This was
the territory
of the descendants
of Ephraim
by their clans:
The border
of their inheritance
went from Ataroth-addar
in the east
to Upper
Beth-horon
and out
toward the Sea.
From Michmethath
on the north
it
turned
eastward
toward Taanath-shiloh
and passed by
it
to Janoah
on the east.
From Janoah
it went down
to Ataroth
and Naarah,
and then reached
Jericho
and came out
at the Jordan.
From Tappuah
the border
went
westward
to the Brook
of Kanah
and ended
at the Sea.
This
was the inheritance
of the clans
of the tribe
of Ephraim,
along with all the cities
and villages
set apart
for the descendants
of Ephraim
within
the inheritance
of Manasseh.
But they did not
drive out
the Canaanites
who lived
in Gezer.
So the Canaanites
dwell
among
the Ephraimites
to
this
day,
but they are
forced laborers.