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The Great Bible 1539
| 16:1 | And the lotte of the children of Ioseph felle from Iordan by Iericho, vnto the water of Iericho Estward, and to the wildernesse that goeth vp from Iericho thorow out mount Bethel: |
| 16:2 | & goeth out from Bethel to Lus, & runneth alonge vnto the borders of Arcimataroth: |
| 16:3 | & goeth downe agayne westard euen to the coaste of Iaphlethi, and vnto the coaste of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gasor, and the endes of their coostes leaue at the west see. |
| 16:4 | And so the children of Ioseph Manasses & Ephraim toke their enheritaunce. |
| 16:5 | And the border of the children of Ephraim was by their kinreds. Their border on the east syde, was: Ataroth, Ador, euen vnto Bethhoron the vpper, |
| 16:6 | & went out westward to Machmathah on the Northside, and returneth Estward vnto Thaanath Silo, and past it on the Estside vnto Ianoah, |
| 16:7 | & went downe from Ianoah to Atharoth & Naarath, & came to Iericho, & went out at Iordan. |
| 16:8 | And their border went from Thaphuah westwarde vnto the ryuer kanah, and the endes were the west see. This is the enheritaunce of the trybe of the children of Ephraim by their kynredes. |
| 16:9 | And the separate cyties for the children of Ephraim, were amonge the enheritaunce of the children of Manasses: euen the cyties with their villages. |
| 16:10 | And they draue not out the Cananites y dwelte in Gasor: but the Cananites dwell amonge the Ephraites vnto this daye, and serue vnder tribute. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."