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JOSHUA ยท Chapter 17
17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the
firstborn of Joseph; to know, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the
father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead
and Bashan.
17:2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh
by 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 by their families.
17:3 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.
17:4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua
the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses
to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the
commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren
of their father.
17:5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead
and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
17:6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his
sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lies
before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants
of Entappuah.
17:8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border
of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
17:9 And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the
river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast
of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the utmost limit
of it were at the sea:
17:10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's,
and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north,
and in Issachar on the east.
17:11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns,
and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and
the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach
and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three
countries.
17:12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants
of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
17:13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were becoming
strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive
them out.
17:14 And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying, Why have
you given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great
people, forasmuch as the LORD has blessed me until now?
17:15 And Joshua answered them, If you be a great people, then get
you up to the wood country, and cut down for yourself there in the land
of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for
you.
17:16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us:
and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots
of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are
of the valley of Jezreel.
17:17 And Joshua spoke unto 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:
17:18 But the mountain shall be yours; for it is a wood, and you shall
cut it down: and the utmost limit of it shall be yours: for you shall drive
out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be
strong.
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