Joshua 16

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NBD — Spanish, Castilian (La Nueva Biblia al Día) (NBD)

Verse 1

The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel.

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Verse 2

It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz),^[a] crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth,

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Verse 3

descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea.

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Verse 4

So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.

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Verse 5

This was the territory of Ephraim, according to its clans:

The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon

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Verse 6

and continued to the Mediterranean Sea. From Mikmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah on the east.

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Verse 7

Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan.

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Verse 8

From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to its clans.

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Verse 9

It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.

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Verse 10

They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.

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