Joshua 17

The Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

1 Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was t the firstborn of Joseph. To u Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, v were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war. 2 And allotments were made w to the rest of the people of Manasseh by their clans, Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These were the male descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph, by their clans.

3 Now x Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of his daughters: x Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 They approached y Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the leaders and said, z "The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance along with our brothers." So according to the mouth of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father. 5 Thus there fell to Manasseh ten portions, besides a the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of the Jordan, 6 because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance along with his sons. The land of Gilead was allotted to the rest of the people of Manasseh.

7 The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to b Michmethath, which is east of Shechem. Then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8 The land of c Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on the boundary of Manasseh belonged to the people of Ephraim. 9 c Then the boundary went down to the brook Kanah. These cities, to the south of the brook, among the cities of Manasseh, belong to Ephraim. Then the boundary of Manasseh goes on the north side of the brook and ends at the sea, 10 the land to the south being Ephraim's and that to the north being Manasseh's, with the sea forming its boundary. On the north Asher is reached, and on the east Issachar. 11 Also in Issachar and in Asher d Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of d Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of d Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of d Megiddo and its villages; e the third is Naphath. 1 12 f Yet the people of Manasseh could not take possession of those cities, but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. 13 Now when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites g to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.

14 Then h the people of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given me but i one lot and one portion as an inheritance, although I am j a numerous people, since all along the Lord has blessed me?" 15 And Joshua said to them, "If you are a numerous people, go up by yourselves to the forest, and there clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and k the Rephaim, since l the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you." 16 The people of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have m chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in n the Valley of Jezreel." 17 Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, "You are a numerous people and have great power. You shall not have one allotment only, 18 but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, o though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong."

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 41:51
    Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh. "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father's house.
    Genesis 46:20
    And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him.
    Genesis 48:18
    And Joseph said to his father, "Not this way, my father; since this one is the firstborn, put your right hand on his head.
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 50:23
    And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph's own.
    Numbers 26:29
    The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.
    Numbers 32:39 - 40
    And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
    1 Chronicles 7:14
    The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:13
    The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, that is, all the region of Argob, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All that portion of Bashan is called the land of Rephaim.
    Deuteronomy 3:15
    To Machir I gave Gilead.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 26:29 - 32
    The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 26:33
    Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
    Numbers 27:1
    Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
    Numbers 36:2
    They said, "The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel, and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
    Numbers 36:11
    For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father's brothers.
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 26:33
    Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
    Numbers 27:1
    Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
    Numbers 36:2
    They said, "The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel, and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
    Numbers 36:11
    For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father's brothers.
  7. Cross References
    Joshua 14:1
    These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit.
    Joshua 21:1
    Then the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.
    Numbers 34:17
    These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.
  8. Cross References
    Numbers 27:6 - 7
    And the Lord said to Moses.
    Numbers 36:2
    They said, "The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel, and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.
  9. Cross References
    Joshua 17:1
    Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.
    Joshua 13:30 - 31
    Their region extended from Mahanaim, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities.
  10. Cross References
    Joshua 16:6
    And the boundary goes from there to the sea. On the north is Michmethath. Then on the east the boundary turns around toward Taanath-shiloh and passes along beyond it on the east to Janoah.
  11. Cross References
    Joshua 16:8 - 9
    From Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Ephraim by their clans.
  12. Cross References
    Joshua 17:8
    The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on the boundary of Manasseh belonged to the people of Ephraim.
  13. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 7:29
    Also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.
    1 Kings 4:11 - 12
    Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife).
  14. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 7:29
    Also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.
    1 Kings 4:11 - 12
    Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife).
  15. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 7:29
    Also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.
    1 Kings 4:11 - 12
    Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife).
  16. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 7:29
    Also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.
    1 Kings 4:11 - 12
    Ben-abinadab, in all Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife).
  17. Cross References
    Joshua 11:2
    And to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth-dor on the west.
    Joshua 12:23
    The king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee, one.
  18. Cross References
    Judges 1:27 - 28
    Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, for the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land.
  19. Cross References
    Joshua 16:10
    However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.
    Genesis 49:15
    He saw that a resting place was good, and that the land was pleasant, so he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant at forced labor.
  20. Cross References
    Joshua 16:4
    The people of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance.
  21. Cross References
    Genesis 48:22
    Moreover, I have given to you rather than to your brothers one mountain slope that I took from the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow.
  22. Cross References
    Genesis 48:19
    But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people, and he also shall be great. Nevertheless, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations.
    Numbers 26:34
    These are the clans of Manasseh, and those listed were 52,700.
    Numbers 26:37
    These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.
  23. Cross References
    Joshua 12:4
    And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei
  24. Cross References
    Joshua 24:33
    And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
    Judges 3:27
    When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim. Then the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was their leader.
  25. Cross References
    Joshua 11:6
    And the Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.
  26. Cross References
    Judges 6:33
    Now all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the East came together, and they crossed the Jordan and encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.
  27. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 20:1
    When you go out to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    Joshua 11:6
    And the Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.
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