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And the lot of the children of Josephfell[a] from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mountBethel,
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And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
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And goeth downwestward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
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So the children of Joseph,Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
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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 Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
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And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went abouteastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
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And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
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The border went out from Tappuahwestward unto the riverKanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.