Joshua 17
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There was also a lot for the tribe of
Manas'seh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manas'seh, the father of Gil'e-ad:
because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gil'e-ad and
Bashan.
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There was also a lot for the rest
of the children of Manas'seh by their families; for the children of
Abi-e'zer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of
As'ri-el, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of
Hepher, and for the children of Shemi'da: these were the male
children of Manas'seh the son of Joseph by their families.
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But Zelo'phehad, the son of Hepher, the
son of Gil'e-ad, the son of Machir, the son of Manas'seh, had no
sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his
daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
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And they came near before Ele-a'zar 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. Num. 27.1-7 Therefore, according to the commandment of the LORD, he gave them an inheritance among the brethren
of their father.
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And there fell ten portions to Manas'seh,
besides the land of Gil'e-ad and Bashan, which were on the
other side Jordan;
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because the daughters of Manas'seh had an
inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manas'seh's sons had the
land of Gil'e-ad.
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And the coast of Manas'seh was from
Asher to Mich'methah, that lieth before Shechem; and the
border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of
En-tap'pu-ah.
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Now Manas'seh had the land of
Tap'pu-ah: but Tap'pu-ah on the border of Manas'seh belonged to the children of E'phra-im;
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and the coast descended unto the river
Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of E'phra-im are among the cities of Manas'seh: the coast of Manas'seh 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 E'phra-im's, and
northward it was Manas'seh's, and the sea is his border; and
they met together in Asher on the north, and in Is'sachar on the
east.
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And Manas'seh had in Is'sachar and in
Asher Beth-she'an and her towns, and Ib'le-am and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and
her towns, and the inhabitants of Ta'anach and her towns, and the
inhabitants of Megid'do and her towns, even three
countries.
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Yet the children of Manas'seh could not
drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites
would dwell in that land.
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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. Judg. 1.27, 28
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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?
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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
Per'izzites and of the giants, if mount E'phra-im be too narrow for
thee.
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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 Beth-she'an and her towns, and they who are of the
valley of Jezreel.
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And Joshua spake unto the house of
Joseph, even to E'phra-im and to Manas'seh, 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.
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