The Book of Joshua (WEB)
17: 1This 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. 17:2So the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their
families: for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel,
and for the children of Shechem, and 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. 17:3But
Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no
sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah,
and Tirzah. 17:4They came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and
before the princes, saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our
brothers: therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among
the brothers of their father. 17:5There fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and
Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; 17:6because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance
among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh. 17:7The border of
Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along
to the right hand, to the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 17:8The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh;
but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim. 17:9The border went
down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook: these cities belonged to Ephraim among the
cities of Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings
out of it were at the sea: 17:10southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the
sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the east.
17:11Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and
the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the
inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three
heights. 17:12Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the
Canaanites would dwell in that land. 17:13It happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong,
that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn't utterly drive them out. 17:14The children of
Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one part for an
inheritance, seeing I am a great people, because hitherto Yahweh has blessed me? 17:15Joshua said
to them, If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and cut down for yourself there in the land
of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.
17:16The children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites who
dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its
towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel. 17:17Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to
Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power; you shall not
have one lot only: 17:18but the hill-country shall be yours; for though it is a forest, you shall cut it
down, and the goings out of it shall be your; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they
have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.
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