Joshua 17
1 And [this] was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of
Joseph. As for Machir the first-born 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 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of
Nun, and before the princes, saying, Jehovah commanded Moses to give us an
inheritance among our brethren: therefore according to the commandment of
Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
5 And 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. And the
land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
7 And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before
Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto 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 And the border went down unto 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 thereof 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 And 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 could not drive out [the inhabitants of] those
cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxed strong, that they
put the Canaanites to taskwork, and 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 part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people,
forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessed me?
15 And Joshua said unto them, If thou be a great people, get thee up to the
forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the
Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee.
16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country 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 in Beth-shean and its towns, and they who are in 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 hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a forest, thou shalt
cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for thou shalt drive out
the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.