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Chapter 16
The tribe of Ephraim
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The portion awarded by lot to the sons of Joseph stretched from the Jordan opposite Jericho eastwards. From Jericho onwards the boundary climbed the highlands to the wilderness of Bethel;
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it left Bethel-luz and went on towards the boundary of the Archites at Ataroth;
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then passed downwards and westwards to the boundary of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon, as far as Gezer, and from there it reached the sea.
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This was the inheritance of the sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim.
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As regards the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their clans, the boundary of their inheritance to the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon,
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and it ended at the sea . . . Michmethath to the north; and the boundary turned east to Tanaath-shiloh and ran beyond it on the east to Janoah;
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it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, then touched Jericho and ended at the Jordan.
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From Tappuah the boundary went westwards to the wadi Kanah and ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim according to their clans,
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as well as the towns set apart for the Ephraimites inside the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all those towns and their villages.
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The Canaanites living in Gezer were not driven out; they have remained in Ephraim to the present day, but are obliged to do forced labour.
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