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And the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan over against Jericho and the waters thereof, on the east: the wilderness which goeth up from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel :
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And goeth out from Bethel to Luza : and passeth the border of Archi, to Ataroth,
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And goeth down westward, by the border of Jephleti, unto the borders of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gazer :and the countries of it are ended by the great sea :
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And Manasses and Ephraim the children of Joseph possessed it.
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And the border of the children of Ephraim was according to their kindreds: and their possession towards the east was Ataroth-addar unto Beth-horon the upper.
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And the confines go out unto the sea : but Machmethath looketh to the north , and it goeth round the borders eastward into Thanath-selo: and passeth along on the east side to Janoe.
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And it goeth down from Janoe into Ataroth and Naaratha: and it cometh to Jericho , and goeth out to the Jordan .
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From Taphua it passeth on towards the sea into the valley of reeds, and the goings out thereof are at the most salt sea . This is the possession of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families .
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And there were cities with their villages separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the possession of the children of Manasses .
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And the children of Ephraim slew not the Chanaanite, who dwelt in Gazer: and the Chanaanite dwelt in the midst of Ephraim until this day , paying tribute.