Josh 17
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and
before the princes, saying, YHWH commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our
brethren: therefore according to the commandment of YHWH he gave them an inheritance
among the brethren of their father.
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And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which
is beyond the Jordan;
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because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the land
of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
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And 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.
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The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged
to the children of Ephraim.
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And 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 thereof were at the sea:
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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.
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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.
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Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out [the inhabitants of] those cities;
but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
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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.
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And 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, seeing that as hitherto
YHWH has blessed me?
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And Joshua said to them, If you be a great people, get you 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.
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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.
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And 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:
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but the hill-country shall be yours; for though it is a forest, you shall cut it down,
and the goings out thereof shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites,
though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.