Joshua 16
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The lot fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the a wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to Bethel,
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then went out from b Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth,
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and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, c as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to d Gezer; and it ended at the sea.
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e So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
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f The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was thus: The border of their inheritance on the east side was g Ataroth Addar h as far as Upper Beth Horon.
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And the border went out toward the sea on the north side of i Michmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah.
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Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.
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The border went out from j Tappuah westward to the k Brook Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families.
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l The separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
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m And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.
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Cross References
Joshua 8:15
And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
Joshua 18:12
Their border on the north side began at the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth Aven.
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Cross References
Joshua 18:13
The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Beth Horon.
Judges 1:26
And the man went to the land of the Hittites, built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.
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Cross References
Joshua 18:13
The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Beth Horon.
1 Kings 9:17
And Solomon built Gezer, Lower Beth Horon.
2 Chronicles 8:5
He built Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars.
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Cross References
Joshua 21:21
For they gave them Shechem with its common-land in the mountains of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the slayer), Gezer with its common-land.
1 Kings 9:15
And this is the reason for the labor force which King Solomon raised: to build the house of the LORD, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
1 Chronicles 7:28
Now their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns: to the east Naaran, to the west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, as far as Ayyah and its towns.
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Cross References
Joshua 17:14
Then the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given us only one lot and one share to inherit, since we are a great people, inasmuch as the LORD has blessed us until now?
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Cross References
Judges 1:29
Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; so the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
1 Chronicles 7:28
Now their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns: to the east Naaran, to the west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, as far as Ayyah and its towns.
1 Chronicles 7:29
And by the borders of the children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel.
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Cross References
Joshua 18:13
The border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on the south side of Lower Beth Horon.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 8:5
He built Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars.
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Cross References
Joshua 17:7
And the territory of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, that lies east of Shechem; and the border went along south to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.
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Cross References
Joshua 17:8
Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.
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Cross References
Joshua 17:9
And the border descended to the Brook Kanah, southward to the brook. These cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook; and it ended at the sea.
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Cross References
Joshua 17:9
And the border descended to the Brook Kanah, southward to the brook. These cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook; and it ended at the sea.
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Cross References
Joshua 15:63
As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
Joshua 17:12
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, but the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
Joshua 17:13
And it happened, when the children of Israel grew strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.
Judges 1:29
Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; so the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
1 Kings 9:16
(Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer and burned it with fire, had killed the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife.)
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