²⁸ The descendants of Ephraim lived in the territory that included Bethel and its surrounding towns to the south, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding villages to the north as far as Ayyah and its towns.

⁶⁶ The descendants of Kohath were given the following towns from the territory of Ephraim, each with its pasturelands: ⁶⁷ Shechem (a city of refuge in the hill country of Ephraim),^[a] Gezer,

²² The descendants of Joseph attacked the town of Bethel, and the Lord was with them.

¹⁹ He named that place Bethel (which means “house of God”), although it was previously called Luz.