allotment for the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east. From Jericho it went up across the wilderness and through the hill country of Bethel. 2 It went on from Bethel to Luz, and proceeded along the border of the Archites by Ataroth. 3 It then descended down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and ended at the sea.
4 So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.
5 This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans:
The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east as far as Upper Beth-horon, 6 and continued through to the sea. On the north side, the border curved eastward from Michmethath to Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it east of Janoah. 7 From Janoah the border went to Ataroth and Naarah, then reached Jericho and ended at the Jordan. 8 From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, clan by clans, 9 together with the cities that were set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of the descendants of Manasseh—all the cities with their villages.
10 They did not drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this day, but they were made to do forced labour.