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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.
02 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.
03 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.
04 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.
05 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh,
beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were
on the other side Jordan;
06 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an
inheritance among his sons: and the rest of
Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
07 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.
08 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but
Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the
children of Ephraim;
09 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:
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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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