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The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho , at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness , going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel .
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It went out from Bethel to Luz , and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
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and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth Horon the lower, even to Gezer; and ended at the sea .
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The children of Joseph , Manasseh and Ephraim , took their inheritance.
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This was the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families . The border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper.
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The border went out westward at Michmethath on the north . The border turned about eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah.
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It went down from Janoah to Ataroth, to Naarah, reached to Jericho , and went out at the Jordan .
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From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and ended at the sea . This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families ;
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together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh , all the cities with their villages .
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They didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day , and have become servants to do forced labor.