Joshua - Chapter 17 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he {cf15I was} the firstborn of Joseph; {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I 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 {cf15I lieth} before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.
  • 8. {cf15I Now} Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh {cf15I belonged} to the children of Ephraim;
  • 9. And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim {cf15I are} among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also {cf15I was} on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
  • 10. Southward {cf15I it was} Ephraim's, and northward {cf15I 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, {cf15I even} three countries.
  • 12. Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out {cf15I 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 {cf15I but} one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I {cf15I am} a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
  • 15. And Joshua answered them, If thou {cf15I be} a great people, {cf15I then} get thee up to the wood {cf15I 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, {cf15I both they} who {cf15I are} of Bethshean and her towns, and {cf15I they} who {cf15I are} of the valley of Jezreel.
  • 17. And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, {cf15I even} to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou {cf15I art} a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot {cf15I only}:
  • 18. But the mountain shall be thine; for it {cf15I 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, {cf15I and} though they {cf15I be} strong.
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