[1] And this was the part marked out for the tribe of Manasseh, because he
was the oldest son of Joseph. As for Machir, the oldest son of Manasseh,
the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war he had Gilead and Bashan.
[2] And as for the rest of the children of Manasseh, their heritage was
given to them by 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. [3] But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son
of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters; and these
are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and
Tirzah. [4] And they came before Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, the son of
Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, The Lord gave orders to Moses to give
us a heritage among our brothers: so in agreement with the orders of the
Lord he gave them a heritage among their father's brothers. [5] And ten
parts were given to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan,
which is on the other side of Jordan; [6] Because the daughters of Manasseh
had a heritage among his sons, and the land of Gilead was the property of
the other sons of Manasseh. [7] And the limit of Manasseh's land was from
Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; the line goes on to the
right hand, to the people of En-tappuah. [8] The land of Tappuah was the
property of Manasseh; but Tappuah on the edge of Manasseh was the property
of the children of Ephraim. [9] And the limit goes down to the stream
Kanah, to the south of the stream: these towns were Ephraim's among the
towns of Manasseh; Manasseh's limit was on the north side of the stream,
ending at the sea: [10] To the south it is Ephraim's, and to the north it
is Manasseh's, and the sea is his limit; and they are touching Asher on the
north, and Issachar on the east. [11] In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh had
Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, and Ibleam and its daughter-towns, and
the people of Dor and its daughter-towns, and the people of En-dor and its
daughter-towns, and the people of Taanach and its daughter-towns, and the
people of Megiddo and its daughter-towns, that is, the three hills. [12]
But the children of Manasseh were not able to make the people of those
towns go out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land. [13] And
when the children of Israel had become strong, they put the Canaanites to
forced work, in place of driving them out. [14] Then the children of Joseph
said to Joshua, Why have you given me only one part and one stretch of land
for my heritage? For through the blessing given to me by the Lord up to
now, I am a great people. [15] Then Joshua said to them, If you are such a
great people, go up into the woodlands, clearing a place there for
yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, if the
hill-country of Ephraim is not wide enough for you. [16] And the children
of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the
Canaanites living in the valley have iron war-carriages, those in
Beth-shean and its towns as well as those in the valley of Jezreel. [17]
Then Joshua said to the children of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, You
are a great people, and have great power: you are not to have one property
only, [18] For the hill-country of Gilead will be yours ... the woodland
and cut down ... its outskirts will be yours ... get the Canaanites out,
for they have iron war-carriages ... strong.
