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The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan of Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel.
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It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth,
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descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the sea.
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So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.
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This was the territory of Ephraim, clan by clan: The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon
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and continued to the sea. From Micmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah on the east.
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Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan.
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From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, clan by clan.
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It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.
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10.
They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.
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