The allotment of the descendants of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel;
The territory of the Ephraimites by their families was as follows: the boundary of their inheritance on the east was Atarothaddar as far as Upper Bethhoron,
and the boundary goes thence to the sea; on the north is Michmethath; then on the east the boundary turns round toward Taanathshiloh, and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah,
From Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah, and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites by their families,
However they did not drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: so the Canaanites have dwelt in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have become slaves to do forced labor.