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Joshua 16
New King James Version

### Ephraim and West Manasseh

16 The lot [a]fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the (A)wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to [b]Bethel, 2 then went out [c]from (B)Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth, 3 and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, (C)as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to (D)Gezer; and [d]it ended at the sea.

4 (E)So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their [e]inheritance.

### The Land of Ephraim

5 (F)The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was (G)Ataroth Addar (H)as far as Upper Beth Horon.

6 And the border went out toward the sea on the north side of (I)Michmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah. 7 Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and [f]Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.

8 The border went out from (J)Tappuah westward to the (K)Brook Kanah, and [g]it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families. 9 (L)The separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

10 (M)And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.

#### Footnotes

1. Joshua 16:1 Lit. went out
2. Joshua 16:1 LXX Bethel Luz
3. Joshua 16:2 LXX to Bethel,
4. Joshua 16:3 Lit. the goings out of it were at the sea
5. Joshua 16:4 possession
6. Joshua 16:7 Naaran, 1 Chr. 7:28
7. Joshua 16:8 Lit. the goings out of it were at the sea

#### Cross references

1. Joshua 16:1 : Josh. 8:15; 18:12
2. Joshua 16:2 : Josh. 18:13; Judg. 1:26
3. Joshua 16:3 : Josh. 18:13; 1 Kin. 9:17; 2 Chr. 8:5
4. Joshua 16:3 : Josh. 21:21; 1 Kin. 9:15; 1 Chr. 7:28
5. Joshua 16:4 : Josh. 17:14
6. Joshua 16:5 : Judg. 1:29; 1 Chr. 7:28, 29
7. Joshua 16:5 : Josh. 18:13
8. Joshua 16:5 : 2 Chr. 8:5
9. Joshua 16:6 : Josh. 17:7
10. Joshua 16:8 : Josh. 17:8
11. Joshua 16:8 : Josh. 17:9
12. Joshua 16:9 : Josh. 17:9
13. Joshua 16:10 : Josh. 15:63; 17:12, 13; Judg. 1:29; 1 Kin. 9:16

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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