1
Then the lot for the sons of Josephwent from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east into the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hillcountry to Bethel.
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The sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
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5
Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritanceeastward was Ataroth-addar, as far as upperBeth-horon.
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Then the borderwentwestward at Michmethath on the north, and the borderturnedabouteastward to Taanath-shiloh and continued beyond it to the east of Janoah.
8
From Tappuah the bordercontinuedwestward to the brook of Kanah, and it ended* at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families,
9
together with the cities which were setapart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
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But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaaniteslive in the midst of Ephraim to thisday, and they becameforcedlaborers*.