| 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. |
| 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. |
| 5 | And there fell ten portions to
Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side
Jordan; |
| 6 | 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. |
| 8 |
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: |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the
inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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: |
| 18 | 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. |
