1And 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 Beth-el ; 2and it went out from Beth-el to Luz , and passed along unto the border of the Archites to Ataroth ; 3and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites , unto the border of Beth-horon the nether , even unto Gezer ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea . 4And the children of Joseph , Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance .
The Cities of Ephraim
5And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus : the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar , unto Beth-horon the upper ; 6and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north ; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh , and passed along it on the east of Janoah ; 7and it went down from Janoah to Ataroth , and to Naarah , and reached unto Jericho , and went out at the Jordan . 8From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea . This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families ; 9together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh , all the cities with their villages .
The Challenges of Ephraim
10And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer : but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day , and are become servants to do taskwork.