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1 This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for
he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the
father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and
Bashan. 2 So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according
to their families: for the children of Abiezer, for the children of Helek, for
the children of Asriel, for the children of Shechem, for the children of
Hepher, and for the children of Shemida. These were the male children of
Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families. 3 But Zelophehad,
the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh,
had no sons, but daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah,
Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
4 They came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua
the son of Nun, and to the princes, saying, “Jehovah commanded Moses to give us
an inheritance among our brothers.” Therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah
he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
5 Ten parts fell to Manasseh, besides the land of
Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; 6 because the daughters of
Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the
rest of the sons of Manasseh. 7 The border of Manasseh was from Asher to
Michmethath, which is before Shechem. The border went along to the right hand,
to the inhabitants of En Tappuah. 8 The land of Tappuah belonged to
Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of
Ephraim. 9 The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the
brook. These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. The
border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and ended at the sea. 10 Southward
it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea was his border.
They reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east. 11 Manasseh
had three heights in Issachar, in Asher Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam
and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of
Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the
inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns. 12 Yet the children of Manasseh
couldn’t drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would
dwell in that land.
13 When the children of Israel had grown strong,
they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out. 14 The
children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me just one lot
and one part for an inheritance, since we are a numerous people, because Jehovah
has blessed us so far?”
15 Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous
people, go up to the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of
the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is too
narrow for you.”
16 The children of Joseph said, “The hill country
is not enough for us. All the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley
have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth Shean and its towns, and
those who are in the valley of Jezreel.”
17 Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, that is,
to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people, and have great
power. You shall not have one lot only; 18 but the hill country shall be
yours. Although it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and it’s farthest extent
shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have
chariots of iron, and though they are strong.”
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