Josua 16 | الكتاب المقدس

نصيب أفرايم ومنسى

1 أَمَّا الأَرْضُ الَّتِي وَرِثَهَا أَبْنَاءُ يُوسُفَ فَقَدِ امْتَدَّتْ حُدُودُهَا مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ عِنْدَ أَرِيحَا حَتَّى مِيَاهِ أَرِيحَا شَرْقاً، عَبْرَ الصَّحْرَاءِ الصَّاعِدَةِ مِنْ أَرِيحَا فِي جَبَلِ بَيْتِ إِيلَ،

2 وَتَسْتَمِرُّ مِنْ بَيْتِ إِيلَ حَتَّى تَصِلَ إِلَى لُوزَ، مُخْتَرِقَةً تُخْمَ الأَرَكِيِّينَ إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغَ عَطَارُوتَ،

3 ثُمَّ تَتَّجِهُ غَرْباً إِلَى حُدُودِ الْيَفْلَطِيِّينَ حَتَّى بَيْتِ حُورُونَ السُّفْلَى فَجَازَرَ، وَتَنْتَهِي عِنْدَ شَوَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ.

4 وَهَكَذَا تَسَلَّمَتْ ذُرِّيَّتَا مَنَسَّى وَأَفْرَايِمَ ابْنَيْ يُوسُفَ مِيرَاثَهُمَا.

5 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ حُدُودُ أَرْضِ أَبْنَاءِ أَفْرَايِمَ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ: تَبْدَأُ حُدُودُهُمُ الشَّرْقِيَّةُ عِنْدَ عَطَارُوتَ أَدَّارَ، وَتَمْتَدُّ إِلَى بَيْتِ حُورُونَ الْعُلْيَا.

6 وَتَسْتَمِرُّ حَتَّى تَنْتَهِيَ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ. وَتَبْدَأُ حُدُودُهُمُ الشِّمَالِيَّةُ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ وَتَتَّجِهُ نَحْوَ الْمَكْمَتَةِ، ثُمَّ تَلْتَفُّ شَرْقاً إِلَى تَآنَةِ شِيلُوهَ فَتَعْبُرُهَا شَرْقاً إِلَى يَنُوحَةَ،

7 وَتَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ يَنُوحَةَ إِلَى عَطَارُوتَ وَنَعَرَاتَ حَتَّى تَصِلَ إِلَى أَرِيحَا، اِنْتِهَاءً بِنَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ.

8 وَتَتَّجِهُ الْحُدُودُ مِنْ تَفُّوحَ غَرْباً إِلَى وَادِي قَانَةَ وَتَنْتَهِي عِنْدَ الْبَحْرِ.

9 هَذَا هُوَ مِيرَاثُ سِبْطِ أَفْرَايِمَ حَسَبَ عَشَائِرِهِمْ، مَعَ جَمِيعِ الْمُدُنِ وَالضِّيَاعِ الْمُخَصَّصَةِ لَهُمْ فِي وَسَطِ أَرْضِ مَنَسَّى:

10 وَلَمْ يَنْفُوا الْكَنْعَانِيِّينَ الْمُقِيمِينَ فِي جَازَرَ، فَظَلَّ الْكَنْعَانِيُّونَ سَاكِنِينَ فِي وَسَطِ سِبْطِ أَفْرَايِمَ إِلَى هَذَا الْيَوْمِ كَعَبِيدٍ يَدْفَعُونَ الْجِزْيَةَ.

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New International Version

Land allotted to Ephraim and Manasseh

1 The land allotted to Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel.

2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz),* crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth,

3 descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea.

4 So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.

5 This was the territory of Ephraim, according to its clans: The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar in the east to Upper Beth Horon

6 and continued to the Mediterranean Sea. From Mikmethath on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah on the east.

7 Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan.

8 From Tappuah the border went west to the Kanah Ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to its clans.

9 It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.

10 They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labour.

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