Joshua 16:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Ephraim also had some towns and villages that were inside Manasseh's tribal land.

Cross References

2 Samuel 2:9

and made him king of Israel, including the areas of Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 7:28

The descendants of Ephraim took over the territory as far south as Bethel, as far east as Naaran, and as far west as Gezer. Their territory included all the villages around these towns, as well as Shechem, Ayyah, and the nearby villages.

Joshua 16:10

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.

Joshua 17:9

Then the border went west to the Kanah Gorge and ran along the northern edge of the gorge to the Mediterranean Sea. The land south of the gorge belonged to Ephraim. And even though there were a few towns that belonged to Ephraim north of the gorge, the land north of the gorge belonged to Manasseh. The western border of Manasseh was the Mediterranean Sea, and the tribe shared a border with the Asher tribe on the north-west and with the Issachar tribe on the north-east.