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.
The Territory Assigned to Ephraim and West Manasseh
1 The southern boundary of the land assigned to the descendants of Joseph started from the Jordan near Jericho, at a point east of the springs of Jericho, and went into the desert. It went from Jericho up into the hill country as far as Bethel. 2 From Bethel it went to Luz, passing on to Ataroth Addar, where the Archites lived. 3 It then went west to the area of the Japhletites, as far as the area of Lower Beth Horon. It went on from there to Gezer and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.
4 The descendants of Joseph, the tribes of Ephraim and West Manasseh, received this land as their possession.
Ephraim
5 This was the territory of the Ephraimite families: their border ran from Ataroth Addar eastward to Upper Beth Horon, 6 and from there to the Mediterranean Sea. Michmethath was on their north. East of there the border bent toward Taanath Shiloh and went past it on the east to Janoah. 7 Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, reaching Jericho and ending at the Jordan. 8 The border went west from Tappuah to the stream Kanah and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the land given to the families of the tribe of Ephraim as their possession, 9 along with some towns and villages that were within the borders of Manasseh, but given to the Ephraimites. 10 But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived among the Ephraimites to this day, but they have been forced to work as slaves.
