וַיֵּצֵא הַגּוֹרָל לִבְנֵי יוֹסֵף מִיַּרְדֵּן ירִיחוֹ לְמֵי יְרִיחוֹ מִזְרָחָה הַמִּדְבָּר עֹלֶה מִירִיחוֹ בָּהָר בֵּית אֵל

The second territory whose borders were demarcated by lot was the portion of the children of Joseph. The allotment for the children of Joseph came out to be from the portion of the Jordan River at, adjacent to, Jericho, to the waters, the spring of Jericho, on the east of the inheritance. From this area the border moved westward, going up through the wilderness from Jericho to the highlands, to Beit El.

וְיָצָא מִבֵּית אֵל לוּזָה וְעָבַר אֶל גְּבוּל הָאַרְכִּי עֲטָרוֹת

It came out from Beit El to Luz. Beit El and Luz were consequently not the same place, but two adjacent cities. According to many commentaries, there were two or three places that had previously been called Beit El. Some contend that the Beit El mentioned here is the name of a mountain rather than a city. And the border passed to the border of the family of the Arkites, to Atarot.

וְיָרַד יָמָּה אֶל גְּבוּל הַיַּפְלֵטִי עַד גְּבוּל בֵּית חוֹרֹן תַּחְתּוֹן וְעַד גָּזֶר וְהָיוּ תֹצְאֹתָיו יָמָּה

It descended westward to the border of the Yafeletite, to the border of Lower Beit Horon, to Gezer, and its terminus was at the sea. The border continued to the sea, which marked the end of the southern border line of the children of Joseph.

וַיִּנְחֲלוּ בְנֵי יוֹסֵף מְנַשֶּׁה וְאֶפְרָיִם

The children of Joseph, namely Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance in two adjacent portions.

וַיְהִי גְּבוּל בְּנֵי אֶפְרַיִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם וַיְהִי גְּבוּל נַחֲלָתָם מִזְרָחָה עַטְרוֹת אַדָּר עַד בֵּית חוֹרֹן עֶלְיוֹן

The border of the children of Ephraim was according to their families. The line of the border of their inheritance eastward was from Atrot Adar to Upper Beit Horon, in the northeast.

וְיָצָא הַגְּבוּל הַיָּמָּה הַמִּכְמְתָת מִצָּפוֹן וְנָסַב הַגְּבוּל מִזְרָחָה תַּאֲנַת שִׁלֹה וְעָבַר אוֹתוֹ מִמִּזְרַח יָנוֹחָה

From there the border came out westward; the Mikhmetat was on the north, and the border turned eastward to, or encircled, Taanat Shilo, and passed it, Taanat Shilo, east of Yano’ah.

וְיָרַד מִיָּנוֹחָה עֲטָרוֹת וְנַעֲרָתָה וּפָגַע בִּירִיחוֹ וְיָצָא הַיַּרְדֵּן

It descended from Yano’ah to Atarot and to Naara, also called Naaran, and reached Jericho, and came out again to the Jordan. This is the extent of the border of Ephraim to the east.

מִתַּפּוּחַ יֵלֵךְ הַגְּבוּל יָמָּה נַחַל קָנָה וְהָיוּ תֹצְאֹתָיו הַיָּמָּה זֹאת נַחֲלַת מַטֵּה בְנֵי אֶפְרַיִם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם

The tribe of Ephraim also received a portion in the west: From Tapuah, a city on the border of Manasseh which belonged to Ephraim, south of Mikhmetat, the border went westward to the Kana Ravine, and its terminus, the edge of the western border, was at the Mediterranean Sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families.

והֶעָרִים הַמִּבְדָּלוֹת לִבְנֵי אֶפְרַיִם בְּתוֹךְ נַחֲלַת בְּנֵי מְנַשֶּׁה כָּל הֶעָרִים וְחַצְרֵיהֶן

There were isolated cities of the children of Ephraim within the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities and their surrounding areas. There was no clear border between the inheritances of Manasseh and Ephraim, as several cities of Ephraim were situated in the territory given to the children of Manasseh.

וְלֹא הוֹרִישׁוּ אֶת הַכְּנַעֲנִי הַיּוֹשֵׁב בְּגָזֶר וַיֵּשֶׁב הַכְּנַעֲנִי בְּקֶרֶב אֶפְרַיִם עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה וַיְהִי לְמַס עֹבֵד

But they, the children of Ephraim, did not dispossess the Canaanites who resided in Gezer, an important fortified city that was not conquered by Israel. The Canaanites resided in the midst of Ephraim, to this day, and became tributary servants. The Canaanite residents of Gezer were made to perform forced labor by Ephraim in order to continue living there.