Ephraim and West Manasseh
1 The lot fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to thewilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to Bethel,
2 then went out fromBethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth,
3 and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites,as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon toGezer; and it ended at the sea.
4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
The Land of Ephraim
5 The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, wasthus:The border of their inheritance on the east side wasAtaroth Addaras far as Upper Beth Horon.
6 And the border went out toward the sea on the north side ofMichmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah.
7 Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.
8 The border went out fromTappuah westward to theBrook Kanah, and it ended at the sea. Thiswasthe inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families.
9 The separate cities for the children of Ephraimwereamong the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
10 And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.