1 Bet Jāzepa bērniem, metot meslus, krita šāda robeža: no Jordānas pie Jērikas, uz Jērikas ūdeņiem pret austrumiem, tad tuksnesī, kas no Jērikas paceļas augšup pret Bēteles kalniem. 2 No Bēteles robeža ved uz Lūzu un iet pāri uz arkiešu apgabalu uz Atarotu. 3 Tālāk tā virzās lejup rietumu virzienā uz jafletiešu apgabalu līdz Bet-Horonas lejas galam un līdz Gezerai, un tā turpinās līdz jūrai. 4 Šī ir zeme, ko Jāzepa dēli, Manase un Efraims, ieguva par savu īpašumu. 5 Un šīs ir Efraima bērnu robežas pēc viņu dzimtām: viņu īpašuma robeža sākas austrumos no Atarot-Adaras līdz Kalna-Bet-Horonai. 6 No turienes šī robeža noiet pie jūras, Mikmetata paliek ziemeļos, bet tad robeža noliecas uz austrumiem no Taānat-Šilo un iet aiz tās uz austrumiem uz Janou. 7 No Janoas tā nolaižas lejup uz Atarotu un Naāratu, pieskaras Jērikai un iznāk ārā pie Jordānas. 8 No Tapuas robeža iet rietumu virzienā uz Kanas upes ieleju un izbeidzas pie jūras. Šīs ir Efraima bērnu cilts robežas pēc viņu dzimtām. 9 Un Efraima bērniem nodalītās pilsētas, kas bija Manases bērnu īpašumu vidū, visas tās pilsētas līdz ar to ciemiem. 10 Bet viņi neizdzina tos kānaāniešus, kuri dzīvoja Gezerā; tā kānaānieši dzīvoja efraimiešu vidū līdz šai dienai, un viņi tos paverdzināja.
Ephraim's Land
1-4 Ephraim and Manasseh are the two tribes descended from Joseph, and the following is a description of the land they received. The southern border of their land started at the Jordan River east of the spring at Jericho. From there it went west through the desert up to the hill country around Bethel. From Bethel it went to Luz and then to the border of the Archites in Ataroth. It continued west down to the land that belonged to the Japhlet clan, then went on to Lower Beth-Horon, Gezer, and the Mediterranean Sea.
5 The following is a description of the land that was divided among the clans of the Ephraim tribe. Their southern border started at Ataroth-Addar and went west to Upper Beth-Horon 6-8 and the Mediterranean Sea. Their northern border started on the east at Janoah, curved a little to the north, then came back south to Michmethath and Tappuah, where it followed the Kanah Gorge west to the Mediterranean Sea.
The eastern border started on the north near Janoah and went between Janoah on the southwest and Taanath-Shiloh on the northeast. Then it went south to Ataroth, Naarah, and on as far as the edge of the land that belonged to Jericho. At that point it turned east and went to the Jordan River. The clans of Ephraim received this region as their tribal land. 9 Ephraim also had some towns and villages that were inside Manasseh's tribal land.
10 Ephraim could not force the Canaanites out of Gezer, so there are still some Canaanites who live there among the Israelites. But now these Canaanites have to work as slaves for the Israelites.
