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Joshua 16 (CEV)

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¹ Ephraim and Manasseh are the two tribes descended from Joseph, and the following is a description of the land they received. The southern border of their land started at the Jordan River east of the spring at Jericho. From there it went west through the ² (SEE 16:1) ³ (SEE 16:1) ⁴ (SEE 16:1) ⁵ The following is a description of the land that was divided among the clans of the Ephraim tribe. Their southern border started at Ataroth-Addar and went west to Upper Beth-Horon ⁶ and the Mediterranean Sea. Their northern border started on the east at Janoah, curved a little to the north, then came back south to Michmethath and Tappuah, where it followed the Kanah Gorge west to the Mediterranean Sea. The eastern border started on ⁷ (SEE 16:6) ⁸ (SEE 16:6) ⁹ Ephraim also had some towns and villages that were inside Manasseh's tribal land. ¹⁰ Ephraim could not force the Canaanites out of Gezer, so there are still some Canaanites who live there among the Israelites. But now these Canaanites have to work as slaves for the Israelites.