The number from the tribe of Ephraim was 40,500.

from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

Kemuel son of Shiphtan, the leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph;

for Joseph’s descendants had become two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.

From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to its clans.

But Joshua said to the tribes of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You are numerous and very powerful. You will have not only one allotment

The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan and half of Manasseh.

The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim:

Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

over the Ephraimites: Hoshea son of Azaziah; over half the tribe of Manasseh: Joel son of Pedaiah;

Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim;

say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to take the stick of Joseph—which is in Ephraim’s hand—and of the Israelite tribes associated with him, and join it to Judah’s stick. I will make them into a single stick of wood, and they will become one in my hand.’

Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of reckoning. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.