Joshua:17

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* And then came the lot for the tribe of Menasseh ; for he was the first –born of Joseph : to wit , for Machir the first –born of Menasseh , the father of Gil ’ad ; because he was a man of war , therefore he obtained Gil ’ad and Bashan . * There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Menasseh after their families ; for the children of Abi ’ezer , and for the children of Chelek , and for the children of Assriel , and for the children of Shechem , and for the children of Chepher , and for the children of Shemida ’: these were the male children of Menasseh the son of Joseph after their families . * But Zelophchad , the son of Chepher , the son of Gil ’ad , the son of Machir , the son of Menasseh , had no sons , but only daughters , and these are the names of his daughters , Machlah , and No ’ah , Choglah , Milcah , and Tirzah . * And they came near before Elazar the priest , and before Joshua the son of Nun , and before the princes , saying , The Lord commanded Moses to give unto us an inheritance among our brethren . And he gave them , according to the order of the Lord , an inheritance among the brethren of their father . * And there fell ten portions of Menasseh , beside the lands of Gil ’ad and Bashan , which were on the other side of the Jordan ; * Because the daughters of Menasseh obtained an inheritance among his sons : and the land of Gil ’ad belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh . * And the boundary of Menasseh was from Asher to Michmethath , that lieth before Shechem ; and the boundary went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of ‘En –tappuach . * To Menasseh belonged the land of Tappuach ; but Tappuach on the borders of Menasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim ; * And the boundary descended unto the brook Kanah , southward of the brook ; these cities belonging to Ephraim are in the midst of the cities of Menasseh ; and the boundary of Menasseh was on the north side of the river , and its terminations were toward the sea : * Southward it was Ephraim ’s , and northward it was Menasseh ’s , and the sea was his boundary ; and on Asher they touched on the north , and on Issachar on the east . * And to Menasseh belonged in Issachar and in Asher Beth –shean and its towns , and Yible ’am and its towns , together with the inhabitants of Dor and its towns , and the inhabitants of ‘En –dor and its towns , and the inhabitants of Ta ’anach and its towns , and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns , namely the three districts . * Yet the children of Menasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of these cities ; but the Canaanites succeeded to dwell in this land ; * Yet it came to pass , when the children of Israel were become strong , that they put the Canaanites to tribute ; but they did not drive them out . * And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua , saying , Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance , seeing I am a numerous people , to which extent the Lord hath hitherto blessed me ? * And Joshua said unto them , If thou art a numerous people , then get thee up to the wood country , and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim , if the mountain of Ephraim be too narrow for thee . * And the children of Joseph said , The mountain will not be enough for us ; and chariots of iron are belonging to all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley , to those who are at Beth –shean and its towns , and to those who are in the valley of Yizre ’el . * And Joshua said unto the house of Joseph , to Ephraim and to Menasseh , as followeth , Thou art a numerous people , and hast great power ; thou shalt not have one lot only ; * But the mountain shall be thine ; it is indeed a wood , yet thou canst cut it down ; and the terminations of it shall be thine ; for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites , though they have iron chariots , though they be strong .

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