Joshua 16

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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1The 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.

2It goes out from Bethel to Luz and passes to the border of Arkite territory at Ataroth.

3It 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.

4So the descendants of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.

5The 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.

6The 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.

7It descends from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, touches Jericho, and extends to the Jordan.

8From 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.

9The other cities for the Ephraimites were in the middle of the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages.

10They 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.

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