16:10 The Ephraimites 1 did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.
16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho 2 to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. 3
9:16 Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby. 4
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
3 tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”
4 tn Heb “At the end of three days, after they made the treaty with them, they heard that they were neighbors to them and in their midst they were living.”