Joshua 16 – The Border of Ephraim
Ephraim's land is measured, but Gezer's Canaanites remain.
Joshua 16 turns from Judah's territory in Joshua 15 to the land given the house of Joseph, tracing Ephraim's border from Jericho westward to the sea. The chapter is brief but sets up the fuller Manasseh account that follows.
And the lot fell to the children of Ioseph from Iorden by Iericho vnto the water of Iericho Eastward, and to the wildernes that goeth vp from Iericho by the mount Beth-el:
And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and runneth along vnto the borders of Archiataroth,
And goeth down Westward to the coast of Iaphleti, vnto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the endes thereof are at the Sea.
So the children of Ioseph, Manasseh and Ephraim tooke their inheritance.
Also the borders of the children of Ephraim according to their families, euen the borders of their inheritance on the Eastside were Atroth-addar, vnto Beth-horon the vpper.
And this border goeth out to the Sea vnto Michmethah on the Northside, and this border returneth Eastward vnto Taanathshiloh, and passeth it on the Eastside vnto Ianohah,
And goeth downe from Ianohah to Ataroth, and Naarath, and commeth to Iericho, and goeth out at Iorden.
And this border goeth from Tappuah Westward vnto the riuer Kanah, and the endes thereof are at the Sea: this is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.
And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh: all the cities with their villages.
And they cast not out the Canaanite that dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanite dwelt among the Ephraimites vnto this day, and serued vnder tribute.