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		Josh 16:1 Then the lot (allotment) for the sons of Joseph went from the Jordan Valley at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east into the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.
		Josh 16:2 Then it went from Bethel to Luz, and continued to Ataroth, the border of the Archites.
		Josh 16:3 It went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the outskirts of lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ended at the sea.
		Josh 16:4 ¶ The sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
		Josh 16:5 Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: on the east side the border of their inheritance was Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon.
		Josh 16:6 Then the border went westward at Michmethath on the north, and turned eastward to Taanath-shiloh and continued beyond it to the east of Janoah.
		Josh 16:7 It went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, touched Jericho and ended at the Jordan.
		Josh 16:8 The border continued from Tappuah westward to the Brook Kanah, and it ended at the [Mediterranean] sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families (clans),
		Josh 16:9 with the cities which were set apart for the sons of Ephraim within the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
		Josh 16:10 But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live among Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers.

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