⁵ Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance eastward was ^(A)Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon. ⁶ Then the border went westward at ^(B)Michmethath on the north, and the border turned eastward to Taanath-shiloh and continued beyond it to the east of Janoah. ⁷ Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to ^(C)Naarah, then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan. ⁸ From ^(D)Tappuah the border continued westward to the ^[a]brook of Kanah, and ^[b]it ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families, ⁹ together with the cities which were set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

⁸ The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but ^(A)Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim. ⁹ And the ^(B)border went down to the ^[a]brook of Kanah, southward of the ^[b]brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the ^[c]brook, and ^[d]it ended at the sea. ¹⁰ The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was ^[e]their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east.

¹⁴ Then the ^(A)sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me only one lot and one portion as an inheritance, though I am a numerous people whom the Lord has blessed up to this point?” ¹⁵ And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go ^[a]up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.” ¹⁶ The sons of Joseph then said, “The hill country is not enough for us, but all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have ^(B)iron chariots, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the Valley of Jezreel.” ¹⁷ But Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only, ¹⁸ but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall clear it, and to its ^[b]farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall ^[c]drive out the Canaanites, even though they have ^(C)iron chariots and though they are strong.”