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Chapter 17 |
| 1 | There was also
a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit,
for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a
man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. |
| 2 | 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. |
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3 | 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. |
| 4 | And they came near before Eleazar the priest,
and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD
commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore
according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the
brethren of their father. |
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5 | And there fell ten portions to
Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side
Jordan; |
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Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his
sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. |
| 7 | And
the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem;
and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of
Entappuah. |
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| Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the
border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; |
| 9 | And the coast
descended unto 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 the outgoings of it were at the sea: |
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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. |
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And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean 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. |
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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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| 13 | Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that
they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out.
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| 14 | And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou
given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people,
forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? |
| 15 | And Joshua
answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country,
and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants,
if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. |
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16 | And the children of Joseph
said, The hill 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 of Bethshean and
her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. |
| 17 | And Joshua
spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou
art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot
only: |
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But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou
shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive
out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be
strong. |
