16Joshua 16

CHAP. XVI. / 1 The generall borders of the sonnes of Ioseph. 5 The border of the inheritance of Ephraim. 10 The Canaanites not conquered.

1And the lot of the children of Ioseph fell from Iordan by Iericho, vnto the water of Iericho on the East, to the wildernesse that goeth vp from Iericho throughout mount Bethel;Select Joshua 16:1

2And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along vnto the borders of Archi, to Ataroth,Select Joshua 16:2

3And goeth downe Westward, to the coast of Iaphleti, vnto the coast of Bethoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the Sea.Select Joshua 16:3

4So the children of Ioseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim, tooke their inheritance.Select Joshua 16:4

5And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families, was thus: euen the border of their inheritance on the East side was Ataroth-Addar, vnto Bethoron the vpper.Select Joshua 16:5

6And the border went out toward the Sea, to Michmethah on the Northside, and the border went about Eastward vnto Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the East to Ianohah:Select Joshua 16:6

7And it went downe from Ianohah to Ataroth and to Naarath, and came to Iericho, and went out at Iordane.Select Joshua 16:7

8The border went out from Tappuah Westward vnto the riuer Kanah: and the goings out thereof were at the Sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.Select Joshua 16:8

9And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.Select Joshua 16:9

10And they draue not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephramites vnto this day, and serue vnder tribute.Select Joshua 16:10