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From Michmethath<a id="ren06016006-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en06016006-c">c</a> on the north, their boundary curved eastward around Taanath-shiloh, and continued east of it to Janoah; <span id="v06016007" class="ver">7</span>from there it descended to Ataroth and Naarah, and reaching Jericho, it ended at the Jordan. <span id="v06016008" class="ver">8</span>From Tappuah the boundary ran westward to the Wadi Kanah and ended at the sea. This was the heritage of the Ephraimites by their clans, <span id="v06016009" class="ver">9</span>including the villages that belonged to each city set aside for the Ephraimites within the heritage of the Manassites. <span id="v06016010" class="ver">10</span>But they did not dispossess the Canaanites living in Gezer;<a id="ren06016010-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en06016010-d">d</a> they live within Ephraim to the present day, though they have been put to forced labor.</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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