1. The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan River near Jericho, east of the springs of Jericho, through the wilderness and into the hill country of Bethel.
2. From Bethel (that is, Luz) it ran over to Ataroth in the territory of the Arkites.
3. Then it descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer and over to the Mediterranean Sea.
4. This was the homeland allocated to the families of Joseph’s sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
5. The following territory was given to the clans of the tribe of Ephraim.The boundary of their homeland began at Ataroth-addar in the east. From there it ran to Upper Beth-horon,
6. then on to the Mediterranean Sea. From Micmethath on the north, the boundary curved eastward past Taanath-shiloh to the east of Janoah.