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Ang mga Lupain na Ibinigay sa mga Lahi nina Efraim at Manase

16 Ang lupain na ibinigay sa mga lahi ni Jose ay nagsimula sa Ilog ng Jordan malapit sa Jerico, sa silangan ng mga bukal ng Jerico, papunta sa ilang at sa kabundukan hanggang sa Betel. Mula sa Betel (na siyang Luz),[a] dumaraan ito sa Atarot na kung saan nakatira ang mga Arkeo at pababa sa kanluran papunta sa lugar ng mga Jafleteo, hanggang sa hangganan ng mababang Bet Horon. At nagpatuloy ito sa Gezer hanggang sa Dagat ng Mediteraneo. Ito ang bahaging natanggap ng mga lahi nina Manase at Efraim na mga anak ni Jose.

Ito ang nasasakupan ng lahi ni Efraim na hinati-hati ayon sa bawat sambahayan: Ang hangganan nito sa silangan ay nagsisimula sa Atarot Adar papunta sa mataas na Bet Horon hanggang sa Dagat ng Mediteraneo. Ang hangganan nito sa hilaga ay nagsisimula sa Micmetat, at paliko pasilangan sa Taanat Shilo, at dumaraan sa silangan ng Janoa. At mula sa Janoa ay pababa ito sa Atarot at Naara, at dumaraan sa Jerico papunta sa Ilog ng Jordan. Mula sa Tapua, ang hangganan ay papunta sa kanluran at dumaraan sa Lambak ng Kana, hanggang sa Dagat ng Mediteraneo. Ito ang lupain na ibinigay sa lahi ni Efraim na hinati-hati ayon sa bawat sambahayan. Kasama nito ang mga bayan at baryo na sakop sa lupain ni Manase. 10 Hindi nila pinalayas ang mga Cananeo na nakatira sa Gezer; kaya may mga Cananeo na nakatira kasama ng mga taga-Efraim hanggang ngayon, pero ginawa silang mga alipin.

Footnotes

  1. 16:2 na siyang Luz: Ito ang nasa tekstong Griegong (tingnan din sa 18:13). Sa Hebreo, papunta sa Luz.

Joseph’s Tribal Lands

16 The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.[a] The southern border[b] extended from Bethel to Luz,[c] and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth. It then descended westward to Japhletite territory, as far as the territory of lower Beth Horon and Gezer, and ended at the sea.

Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land.[d] The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following:[e] The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon. It then extended on to the sea, with Micmethath on the north. It turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh and crossed it on the east to Janoah. It then descended from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and extended to the Jordan River.[f] From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim[g] by its clans. Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns.[h]

10 The Ephraimites[i] did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants.

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 16:1 tn Heb “The lot went out to the sons of Joseph from the Jordan [at] Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, the desert going up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.”
  2. Joshua 16:2 tn Heb “it”; the referent (the southern border) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Joshua 16:2 tn In the Hebrew text the place name “Luz” has the directive ending, indicating that the border went from Bethel to Luz. Elsewhere Luz and Bethel appear to be names for the same site (cf. Judg 1:23), but here they appear to be distinct. Note that the NIV translates “from Bethel (that is, Luz)” here, following the reading of the LXX, εἰς Βαιθηλ Λουζα (eis Baithēl Louza, “from Bethel [Luz]”).
  4. Joshua 16:4 tn Or “received their inheritance.”
  5. Joshua 16:5 tn Heb “The territory of the sons of Ephraim was for their clans.”
  6. Joshua 16:7 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
  7. Joshua 16:8 tn Heb “This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim.”
  8. Joshua 16:9 tn Heb “and the cities set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities and their towns.”
  9. Joshua 16:10 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Ephraimites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.