Joshua
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1 There was also a lot
for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to
wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead:
because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
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.
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 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.
5 And there fell ten portions to
Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the
other side Jordan;
6 Because the daughters of Manasseh
had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had
the land of Gilead.
7 And the coast of
Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem;
and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of
Entappuah.
8 Now Manasseh had the land
of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the
children of Ephraim;
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 outgoings of it were at the sea:
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.
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.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh
could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the
Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13 Yet it came to pass, when the
children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to
tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
14 And the children of
Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one
lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people,
forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
15 And Joshua answered them, If thou
be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country,
and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the
giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
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 And Joshua spake unto the house
of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art
a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
18 But the mountain shall be thine;
for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of
it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they
have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
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