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The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho ,
at the waters of Jericho on the east ,
even the wilderness ,
going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel .
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It went out from Bethel to Luz ,
and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth ;
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and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites ,
to the border of Beth Horon the lower ,
even to Gezer ;
and ended at the sea .
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The children of Joseph ,
Manasseh and Ephraim ,
took their inheritance .
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This was the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families .
The border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar ,
to Beth Horon the upper .
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The border went out westward at Michmethath on the north .
The border turned about eastward to Taanath Shiloh ,
and passed along it on the east of Janoah .
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It went down from Janoah to Ataroth ,
to Naarah ,
reached to Jericho ,
and went out at the Jordan .
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From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah ;
and ended at the sea .
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families ;
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together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh ,
all the cities with their villages .
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They didn '
t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer ;
but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day ,
and have become servants to do forced labor .
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This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh ,
for he was the firstborn of Joseph .
As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh ,
the father of Gilead ,
because he was a man of war ,
therefore he had Gilead and Bashan .
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So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families :
for the children of Abiezer ,
for the children of Helek ,
for the children of Asriel ,
for the children of Shechem ,
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 ,
Noah ,
Hoglah ,
Milcah ,
and Tirzah .
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They came near before Eleazar the priest ,
and before Joshua the son of Nun ,
and before the princes ,
saying , "
Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers ."
Therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father .
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Ten parts fell 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 .
The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh .
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The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath ,
which is before Shechem .
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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The border went down to the brook of Kanah ,
southward of the brook .
These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh .
The border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook ,
and ended at the sea .
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Southward it was Ephraim '
s ,
and northward it was Manasseh '
s ,
and the sea was his border .
They reached to Asher on the north ,
and to Issachar on the east .
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Manasseh had three heights in Issachar ,
in Asher Beth Shean and its towns ,
and Ibleam and its towns ,
and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns ,
and the inhabitants of Endor and its towns ,
and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns ,
and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns .
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Yet the children of Manasseh couldn '
t drive out the inhabitants of those cities ;
but the Canaanites would dwell in that land .
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It happened ,
when the children of Israel had grown strong ,
that they put the Canaanites to forced labor ,
and didn '
t utterly drive them out .
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The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua ,
saying , "
Why have you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance ,
since I am a great people ,
because Yahweh has blessed me so far ?"
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Joshua said to them , "
If you are a great people ,
go up to the forest ,
and clear land 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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The children of Joseph said , "
The hill country is not enough for us .
All the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron ,
both those who are in Beth Shean and its towns ,
and those who are in the valley of Jezreel ."
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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 .
Although it is a forest ,
you shall cut it down ,
and it '
s farthest extent shall be yours ;
for you shall drive out the Canaanites ,
though they have chariots of iron ,
and though they are strong ."
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The whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh ,
and set up the Tent of Meeting there .
The land was subdued before them .