otcanon
Joshua 16
The land inheritance of the children of Joseph is here surveyed and divided, with Manasseh and Ephraim together receiving their portion west of the Jordan, and Ephraim's specific border drawn out in detail from Ataroth-addar to the sea. One fault is recorded against Ephraim: they did not drive out the Canaanites from Gezer, but left them as tributaries dwelling in their midst — a failure of full possession that will carry forward consequence. The birthright tribe of Joseph receives its allotted inheritance in the land, but incomplete obedience means incomplete occupation.
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And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
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And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
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And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
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So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
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And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;
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And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
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And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan.
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The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river 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.
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And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
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And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
