And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
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Verse 5 is found in chapter 16 of Joshua. The boundaries of Ephraim and its cities are detailed. The chapter ends with a significant observation: Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but subjected them to forced labor. This situation reveals a difference between the command to occupy and its practical fulfillment. Coexistence with local populations becomes one of the causes of the tensions that the book of Judges later develops.
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Die Grenze der Kinder Ephraim nach ihren Geschlechtern, die Grenze ihres Erbteils aufgangwärts, war Ataroth-Adar bis zum obern Beth-Horon
Y fue el término de los hijos de Ephraim por sus familias, fue el término de su herencia a la parte oriental, desde Ataroth-addar hasta Beth-oron la de arriba:
Este fue el territorio de los hijos de Efraín, según sus clanes. El límite de su herencia al oriente iba desde Atarot-adar hasta Bet-horón de arriba.
Voici les limites des fils d'Ephraïm, selon leurs familles. La limite de leur héritage était, à l'orient, Atharoth-Addar jusqu'à Beth-Horon la haute.
Or il confine de’ figliuoli di Efraim, distinti per le lor nazioni; il confine, dico, della loro eredità, dall’Oriente, fu Atrot-addar, fino a Bet-horon disopra.
E foi o termo dos filhos de Efraim, segundo as suas famílias, como se segue: o termo da sua herança para o oriente era Atarote-Adar até Bete-Horom de cima;
以法蓮 子孫的地界,按著宗族所得的如下:他們地業的東界,是從 亞大錄‧亞達 到 上伯‧和崙 ,
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