Joshua 16:4-10

16:4 Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land. ¹  16:5 The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: ²  The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon. 16:6 It then extended on to the sea, with Micmethath on the north. It turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh and crossed it on the east to Janoah. 16:7 It then descended from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, ³  and extended to the Jordan River. ⁴  16:8 From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim ⁵  by its clans. 16:9 Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns. ⁶ 

16:10 The Ephraimites ⁷  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.

[16:4]  ¹ tn Or “received their inheritance.”

[16:5]  ² tn Heb “The territory of the sons of Ephraim was for their clans.”

[16:7]  ³ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:7]  ⁴ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[16:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim.”

[16:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the cities set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities and their towns.”

[16:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.