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 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. 3 But 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.
4 They 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.
5 There fell ten parts 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; and 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: and the border
of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings out of it were
at the sea: 10 southward 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. 11 Manasseh 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. 12 Yet the children of Manasseh couldn’t
drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would
dwell in that land. 13 It happened, when the children of Israel had grown
strong, that 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 but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a
great people, because hitherto Yahweh has blessed me? 15 Joshua 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. 16 The 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 Joshua 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: 18 but 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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