| Chapter 16
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1 | And the lot of
the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho
on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount
Bethel, |
2 | And
goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to
Ataroth, |
3 | And
goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the
nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea. |
4 | So the children of Joseph,
Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. |
5 | 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; |
6 | And the border went out toward the
sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto
Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; |
7 | And it went down from Janohah to
Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. |
8 | The border went out
from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at
the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by
their families. |
9 |
And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance
of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. |
10 | And they drave not out
the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the
Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute. |
