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Joshua 16 (ERVEN) Easy to Read - English

1 This is the land that the family of Joseph received. This land started at the Jordan River near Jericho and continued to the waters of Jericho. (This was just east of Jericho.) The border went up from Jericho to the hill country of Bethel.
2 Then the border continued from Bethel (Luz) to the Arkite border at Ataroth.
3 Then the border went west to the border of the Japhletites. The border continued to Lower Beth Horon. Then the border went to Gezer and continued to the Mediterranean Sea.
4 So the people of Manasseh and Ephraim got their land. (Manasseh and Ephraim were sons of Joseph.)
5 This is the land that was given to the people of Ephraim: Their eastern border started at Ataroth Addar near Upper Beth Horon.
6 And the western border started at Micmethath. The border turned to the east to Taanath Shiloh and continued east to Janoah.
7 Then it went from Janoah down to Ataroth and to Naarah. The border continued until it touched Jericho and ended at the Jordan River.
8 The border went from Tappuah west to Kanah Ravine and ended at the sea. This is all the land that was given to the Ephraimites. Each family in that tribe got a part of this land.
9 Many of the border towns of Ephraim were actually in Manasseh's borders, but the Ephraimites got the towns and the fields around them.
10 But the Ephraimites were not able to force the Canaanites to leave the town of Gezer. So the Canaanites still live among the Ephraimites today, although they did become slaves of the Ephraimites.
1 And the lot H1486 D-NMS of the children H1121 L-CMP of Joseph H3130 fell H3318 W-VQY3MS from Jordan H3383 by Jericho H3405 , unto the water H4325 of Jericho H3405 on the east H4217 , to the wilderness H4057 D-NMS that goeth up H5927 from Jericho H3405 throughout mount H2022 Bethel H1008 LFS ,
2 And goeth out H3318 from Bethel H1008 to Luz H3870 , and passeth along H5674 unto H413 PREP the borders H1366 CMS of Archi H757 to Ataroth H5852 ,
3 And goeth down H3381 westward H3220 to H413 PREP the coast H1366 CMS of Japhleti H3311 , unto H5704 PREP the coast H1366 CMS of Beth H1032 - horon the nether H8481 , and to H5704 PREP Gezer H1507 : and the goings out H8444 thereof are H1961 W-VQQ3MS at the sea H3220 .
4 So the children H1121 CMP of Joseph H3130 , Manasseh H4519 and Ephraim H669 , took their inheritance H5157 .
5 And the border H1366 CMS of the children H1121 of Ephraim H669 according to their families H4940 L-CFP-3MP was H1961 W-VQY3MS thus : even the border H1366 CMS of their inheritance H5159 on the east H4217 side was H1961 W-VQY3MS Ataroth H5853 - addar , unto H5704 PREP Beth H1032 - horon the upper H5945 AMS ;
6 And the border H1366 went out H3318 toward the sea H3220 to Michmethah H4366 on the north side H6828 M-NFS ; and the border H1366 went about H5437 eastward H4217 unto Taanath H8387 - shiloh , and passed by H5674 it on the east H4217 to Janohah H3239 ;
7 And it went down H3381 from Janohah H3239 to Ataroth H5852 , and to Naarath H5292 , and came H6293 to Jericho H3405 , and went out H3318 at Jordan H3383 .
8 The border H1366 went out H1980 from Tappuah H8599 westward H3220 unto the river H5158 NMS Kanah H7071 ; and the goings out H8444 thereof were H1961 W-VQQ3MS at the sea H3220 . This H2063 DPRO is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 CMP of Ephraim H669 by their families H4940 .
9 And the separate H3995 cities H5892 for the children H1121 L-CMP of Ephraim H669 were among H8432 B-NMS the inheritance H5159 of the children H1121 of Manasseh H4519 , all H3605 CMS the cities H5892 with their villages H2691 .
10 And they drove not out H3423 the Canaanites H3669 that dwelt H3427 in Gezer H1507 : but the Canaanites H3669 dwell H3427 W-VQY3MS among H7130 the Ephraimites H669 unto H5704 PREP this H2088 D-PMS day H3117 D-AMS , and serve H5647 under tribute H4522 .