Yosua 16:4

16:4 Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land. ¹ 

Yosua 17:8

17:8 (The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)

Yosua 24:30

24:30 They buried him in his allotted territory ²  in Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

Yosua 20:7

20:7 So they selected ³  Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

Yosua 21:21

21:21 They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer,

Yosua 24:33

24:33 Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him in Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim, where his son Phinehas had been assigned land. ⁴ 

Yosua 21:20

21:20 The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

Yosua 16:9-10

16:9 Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns. ⁵ 

16:10 The Ephraimites ⁶  did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

Yosua 16:5

16:5 The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: ⁷  The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon.

Yosua 16:8

16:8 From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim ⁸  by its clans.

Yosua 19:50

19:50 As the Lord had instructed, they gave him the city he requested – Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it.

Yosua 21:5

21:5 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Yosua 17:17

17:17 Joshua said to the family ⁹  of Joseph – to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.

Yosua 17:10

17:10 Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s to the north. The sea was Manasseh’s ¹⁰  western border and their territory ¹¹  touched Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

Yosua 17:15

17:15 Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people, ¹²  go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.”

Yosua 17:9

17:9 The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh, ¹³  but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea.

Yosua 14:4

14:4 The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions. ¹⁴ 

Yosua 14:3

14:3 Now Moses had assigned land ¹⁵  to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land ¹⁶  to the Levites. ¹⁷ 

Yosua 16:1

Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16:1 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho ¹⁸  to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. ¹⁹ 

[16:4]  ¹ tn Or “received their inheritance.”

[24:30]  ² tn Heb “in the territory of his inheritance.”

[20:7]  ³ tn Heb “set apart.”

[24:33]  ⁴ tn Heb “in Gibeah of Phinehas, his son, which had been given to him in the hill country of Ephraim.”

[16:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the cities set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities and their towns.”

[16:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “The territory of the sons of Ephraim was for their clans.”

[16:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim.”

[17:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[17:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Manasseh) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (their territory) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:15]  ¹² tn Heb “If you are a great people.”

[17:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh.”

[14:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and they did not assign a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities [in which] to live and their pastures for their cattle and property.”

[14:3]  ¹⁵ tn Or “assigned an inheritance.”

[14:3]  ¹⁶ tn Or “no inheritance.”

[14:3]  ¹⁷ tn The Hebrew text adds, “in their midst.”

[16:1]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[16:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”

[16:1]  map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.