Joshua

The Territory of Judah

The land given to the tribe of Judah, according to their clans, was near the border of Edom from the wilderness of Zin to Kadesh southwestward.

it left Bethel and Luz and went on toward the border of the Archites of Ataroth;

then it went westward to the area of the Japhletites as far as the area of Lower Beth-horon. From there, it extended to Gezer and reached the Mediterranean Sea.

The tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim, descendants of Joseph, divided this inheritance among themselves.

The border of the tribe of Ephraim stretched from Ataroth-addar all the way to Upper Beth-horon,

and it ended at the Mediterranean Sea. Michmethath was located to the north. From there, the border turned east toward Tanaath-shiloh and extended beyond it east to Janoah.

Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and ended at the Jordan River.

From Tappuah, the border went west to the Kanah stream and finished at the Mediterranean Sea. This land was given to the tribe of Ephraim, according to their clans,

and included the towns designated for the Ephraimites inside the territory of the descendants of Manasseh, along with all their towns and villages.

The Canaanites living in Gezer were not driven out; they remained among the Ephraimites to this day but are subject to forced labor.