¶ The ••otte or parte of Ephraim.
CAPI. XVI.
And the lot of the chyldren of Ioseph fel [unspec A] from Iordane by Iericho, vnto the wa¦ter of Iericho Eastwarde, and to the wyldernesse that gothe vp from Iericho tho∣rowout mounre Bethel: and gothe out from Bethel toLus, and runneth alonge vnto the borders of Arcimataroth: and gothe downe agayne westwarde, euen to the coost of Iaph letht, and vnto the cooste of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gasor, and the endes of theyr coostes leaue at the west see. And so the chyl∣drē of Ioseph Manasses and Ephraim toke theyr enheritaunce.
And the border of the chyldren of Ephraim [unspec B] was by theyr kynreds. Theyr border on the cast syde, was: Ataroth, Ador euen vnto Beh horon the vpper, and went out westwarde to Machmathah on the North syde, and retur∣neth eastwarde vnto Thaanath Silo, and past it on the East syde, vnto Ianoah, and went downe from Ianoah to Ataroth & Noa rath, and came to Iericho, and wente out at Iordan. And theyr border went from Thaph¦uah westwarde vnto the ryuer Kanah / and [unspec C] the endes were the weste See. This is the enheritaunce of trybe of the Chyldren of Ephraim by theyr kynreds.
And the seperate cities for the Chyldren of Ephraim / were amonge the enheritaunce of the chyldren of Manasses: euen the cities with theyr villages. And they draue not out the Cananites that dwelte in Gasar: but the Cananices dwelte among the Ephraites vn to this daye / and serued vnder tribute.