Joshua 16

The lot of the tribe of Joseph , namely , that of Ephraim and Manasseh in general , v.1 , etc . Afterward a particular description of the borders of Ephraim , 5. The Ephraimites expel not some Caananites , but make them tributary , 10.

1. After that came forth the lot [viz. out of the vessel into which the lots were cast] of the children of Joseph from Jordan by Jericho , unto the water of Jericho , eastwards : the wilderness going up from Jericho thorow mount Beth-el.

2. And it cometh from Beth-el unto Luz : [This is not that Luz , of which mention is made Genesis 28:19. but another Luz , mentioned Judg.1.26.] and it passeth on to the border of the Archite , unto Ataroth .

3. And it goeth down toward the west , unto the border of Japhleti , unto the border of the nethermost Beth-horon , and unto Gezer : and the goings out thereof are by the Sea.

4. Thus the children of Joseph , Manasseh and Ephraim , got their inheritance .

5. Now the border of the children of Ephraim , according to their families , is this : To wit , the border of their inheritance eastwards , was Athroth-Addar , unto the uttermost Beth-horon .

6. And this border goeth out toward the west by Michmetah , from the north , and this border windeth it self about toward the east , unto Thaanat-Silo , and passeth thorow the same , from the east unto Janoach .

7. And cometh down from Janoach unto Ataroth , and Naharoth , and joyneth to Jericho , and goeth out at Jordan .

8. This border goeth out from Tappuah westward unto the brook Kana , [Oth. in the valley of Kana] and the goings out thereof are at the Sea : This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim , according to their families .

9. And the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim , were in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh : all these cities and their villages .

10. And they drave not out the Caananites which dwelt at Gazer : So those Canaanites dwelt in the midst of the Ephraimites unto this day . [viz. In which the Writer of this Book lived . In Solomons time the King of Egypt subdued the Caananites , and he gave withall the city of Gazer in dower with his daughter , Solomons wife , 1 Kings 9:16.] but they served under tribute . [i.e. they subdued them , and held them in subjection , making them tributary .]