Joshua:17

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* There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh . He was the firstborn of Joseph . Machir was the firstborn of Manasseh , the father of Gilead : because he was a man of war , therefore he had Gilead and Bashan . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 brothers .« Therefore according to the commandment of Jehovah he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father . * Ten shares fell to Manasseh , beside the land of Gilead and Bashan , on the other side of Jordan * Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons : and the rest of Manasseh ’s sons had the land of Gilead . * The coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah . It lies before Shechem ; and the border went along on the right hand to the inhabitants of En-tappuah . * Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah : but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim . * The coast descended to 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 it ended at the sea . * 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 . * Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean 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 . * Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities ; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land . * When the children of Israel were very strong they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor . They did not completely drive them out . * The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua , saying : »Why have you given me but one lot and one portion to inherit , seeing I am a great people , forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed us abundantly .« * Joshua answered : »If you are a great people , then get to the wood country , and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants , if mount Ephraim is too narrow for you .« * The children of Joseph said : »The hill is not enough for us . All the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron , both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns , and they who are of the valley of Jezreel .« * Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph , even to Ephraim and to Manasseh , saying : »You are a great people . You have great power . You will not have only one lot . * »The mountain will be yours . For it is a wood , and you will cut it down . The farthest limits will be yours . You will drive out the Canaanites , though they have iron chariots , and though they are strong .«

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