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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 lot for the people of Joseph went from the Jordan near Jericho, east of the spring of Jericho, north through the desert mountains to Bethel.
2 then going from Bethel to Luz, it passes along to Ataroth, the territory of the Archites;
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It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) to the territory of the Arkites in 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 then descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites to the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Sea.
4 The Josephites—Manasseh and Ephraim—received their inheritance.
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This is the region from which the people of Joseph - Manasseh and Ephraim - got their inheritance.
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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Ephraim's territory by clans:
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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and then west to the Sea. From Micmethath on the north it turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh and passed along, still eastward, to Janoah.
7 then it goes down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, and touches Jericho, ending at the Jordan.
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The border then descended from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah; it touched Jericho and came out at 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 went westward to the Brook Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of Ephraim by clans,
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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including the cities set aside for Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh - all those towns and their villages.
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 get rid of the Canaanites who were living in Gezer. Canaanites are still living among the people of Ephraim, but they are made to do forced labor.
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