Bible Cross References
Ephraim
Joshua 16:1-10
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The lot fell to the children of Joseph from the Jordan, by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho through the mountains to Bethel,
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then went out from Bethel to Luz, passed along to the border of the Archites at Ataroth,
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and went down westward to the boundary of the Japhletites, as far as the boundary of Lower Beth Horon to Gezer; and it ended at the sea.
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So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance.
5
The border of the children of Ephraim, according to their families, was [thus:] The border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth Addar as far as Upper Beth Horon.
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And the border went out toward the sea on the north side of Michmethath; then the border went around eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the east of Janohah.
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Then it went down from Janohah to Ataroth and Naarah, reached to Jericho, and came out at the Jordan.
8
The border went out from Tappuah westward to the Brook Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This [was] the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families.
9
The separate cities for the children of Ephraim [were] among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
10
And they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day and have become forced laborers.
Joshua 17:8-10
8
Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh [belonged] to the children of Ephraim.
9
And the border descended to the Brook Kanah, southward to the brook. These cities of Ephraim [are] among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh [was] on the north side of the brook; and it ended at the sea.
10
Southward [it was] Ephraim's, northward [it was] Manasseh's, and the sea was its border. Manasseh's territory was adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
Joshua 17:14-18
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Then the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given us [only] one lot and one share to inherit, since we [are] a great people, inasmuch as the LORD has blessed us until now?"
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So Joshua answered them, "If you [are] a great people, [then] go up to the forest [country] and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the giants, since the mountains of Ephraim are too confined for you."
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But the children of Joseph said, "The mountain country is not enough for us; and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, [both those] who [are] of Beth Shean and its towns and [those] who [are] of the Valley of Jezreel."
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And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph -- to Ephraim and Manasseh -- saying, "You [are] a great people and have great power; you shall not have [only] one lot,
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"but the mountain country shall be yours. Although it [is] wooded, you shall cut it down, and its farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots [and] are strong."