1: And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from
Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that
goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel,
2: And goeth out from
Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
3: And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast
of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the
sea.
4: So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their
inheritance.
5: And the border of the children of Ephraim according
to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east
side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;
6: And the border
went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went
about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
7: And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came
to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
8: The border went out from
Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the
sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their
families.
9: And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were
among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their
villages.
10: And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in
Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve
under tribute.