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Land for the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh

16 This is the land that Joshua gave to the descendants of Joseph.[a] Their land went from the Jordan River at Jericho, and from there it went through the desert into the hills of Bethel.

The south border of their land went from Bethel, to Luz, and then to the land of the Arkites at Ataroth. It continued to the west, to the land of the Japhletites as far as lower Beth Horon and Gezer. The border ended at the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:1 The descendants of Joseph became two tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh. Ephraim and Manasseh were Joseph's sons.

Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

16 The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert(A) into the hill country of Bethel.(B) It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz(C)),[a] crossed over to the territory of the Arkites(D) in Ataroth,(E) descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon(F) and on to Gezer,(G) ending at the Mediterranean Sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 16:2 Septuagint; Hebrew Bethel to Luz