1 The allotment for the children of Joseph began at the Jordan near Jericho, east of the springs of Jericho, and ran up through the wilderness from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel.
2 From Bethel it went on to Luz and crossed to the territory of the Archites at Ataroth.
3 It then descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, coming out at the sea.
4 In this way the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
5 This was the territory of the children of Ephraim, clan by clan: the boundary of their inheritance ran on the east from Ataroth-addar to Upper Beth-horon
6 and continued to the sea. From Michmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath-shiloh and passed it on the east to Janoah.
7 From Janoah it descended to Ataroth and Naarah, reached Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.
8 From Tappuah the boundary ran west along the brook Kanah and came out at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, clan by clan,
9 together with the towns set aside for the children of Ephraim within the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all those towns with their villages.
10 However, they did not drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, and the Canaanites live among Ephraim to this day, but they have been put to forced labor.