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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Joshua 16 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/joshua/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/joshua/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Joshua 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../joshua/15.htm" title="Joshua 15">◄</a> Joshua 16 <a href="../joshua/17.htm" title="Joshua 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/joshua/16.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh</p><div class=setapart><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/16-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/16-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Septuagint; Hebrew Bethel to Luz">a</a></sup></span> crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/16-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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.</p></div> <p class="pconclusion"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.</p> <p class="introduction"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>This was the territory of Ephraim, according to its clans:</p><div class=setapart><p class="reg">The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.</p></div> <p class="pcontinued"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotebot">Septuagint; Hebrew <i>Bethel to Luz</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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