The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Joshua 16
The lot came out for the children of
Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the
waters of Jericho on the east, even the
wilderness, going up from Jericho through
the hill country to Bethel.
2 It went out from Bethel to Luz, and
passed along to the border of the Archites
to Ataroth;
3 and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth
Horon the lower, and on to Gezer; and
ended at the sea.
4 The children of Joseph, Manasseh and
Ephraim, took their inheritance.
5 This was the border of the children of
Ephraim according to their families. The
border of their inheritance eastward was
Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper.
6 The border went out westward at Michmethath on the north. The border turned
about eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and
passed along it on the east of Janoah.
7 It wentdownfromJanoahto Ataroth,to
Naarah, reached to Jericho, and went out
at the Jordan.
8 From Tappuah the border went along
westward to the brook of Kanah; and
ended at the sea. This is the inheritance
of the tribe of the children of Ephraim
according to their families;
9 together with the cities which were set
apart for the children of Ephraim in the
middle ofthe inheritance ofthe childrenof
Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
10 They didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites
dwell in the territory of Ephraim to
this day, and have become servants to do
forced labor.