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JOSHUA
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Chapter 16
Josh CPDV 16:1  Similarly, the lot of the sons of Joseph fell from the Jordan, opposite Jericho and its waters, to the east, to the wilderness that ascends from Jericho to the mountain of Bethel.
Josh CPDV 16:2  And it goes out from Bethel to Luz. And it crosses the border of Archi to Ataroth.
Josh CPDV 16:3  And it descends to the west, beside the border of Japhleti, as far as the borders of lower Beth-horon, and to Gezer. And the last parts of its regions are by the great sea.
Josh CPDV 16:4  And Manasseh and Ephraim, the sons of Joseph, possessed it.
Josh CPDV 16:5  And the border of the sons of Ephraim was made by their families. And their possession toward the east was from Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon,
Josh CPDV 16:6  and the confines extend to the sea. Yet truly, Michmethath looks toward the north, and it circles around the borders, toward the east, into Taanath-shiloh. And it continues on, from the east, to Janoah.
Josh CPDV 16:7  And it descends from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah. and it continues to Jericho, and it extends to the Jordan.
Josh CPDV 16:8  From Tappuah, it passes on, opposite the sea, into the Valley of Reeds. And its exit is at the very salty sea. This is the possession of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, by their families.
Josh CPDV 16:9  And there were cities, with their villages, which were set aside for the sons of Ephraim, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Manasseh.
Josh CPDV 16:10  And the sons of Ephraim did not put to death the Canaanite that was living at Gezer. And the Canaanite lived in the midst of Ephraim, even to this day, paying tribute.