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1 The allotment of the Josephites went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel;
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The land determined by lot for the people of Joseph went out from the Jordan near Jericho eastward to the waters of Jericho. It went up by the desert from Jericho to the Bethel highlands.
2 then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites;
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It goes from Bethel to Luz and passes on to the border of the Archites at Ataroth.
3 then it goes down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ends at the sea.
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It goes down westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and as far as Gezer. It ends at the sea.
4 The Josephites—Manasseh and Ephraim—received their inheritance.
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The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their legacy.
5 The territory of the Ephraimites by their families was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon,
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This was the territory for the clans of the people of Ephraim. The border of their legacy ran from Ataroth-adar on the east as far as Upper Beth-horon.
6 and the boundary goes from there to the sea; on the north is Michmethath; then on the east the boundary makes a turn toward Taanath-shiloh, and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah,
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The border goes to the sea. Michmethath is on the north. The border turns east of Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond it east of Janoah.
7 then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan.
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It goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, touches Jericho, and goes to the Jordan.
8 From Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the Wadi Kanah, and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites by their families,
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From Tappuah the border goes westward by the Kanah Valley. It ends at the sea. This is the legacy for the clans of the Ephraimite tribe.
9 together with the towns that were set apart for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages.
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It included cities set apart for the people of Ephraim within the legacy of the people of Manasseh, all the cities and their surrounding areas.
10 They did not, however, drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer: so the Canaanites have lived within Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.
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But they didn't remove the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So today the Canaanites, who were used for forced labor, still live within Ephraim.
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