Joshua 17

¹ And the lot is for the tribe of Manasseh (for he [is] first-born of Joseph), for Machir first-born of Manasseh, father of Gilead, for he has been a man of war, and his are Gilead and Bashan. ² And there is for the sons of Manasseh who are left, for their families; for the sons of Abiezer, and for the sons of Helek, and for the sons of Asriel, and for the sons of Shechem, and for the sons of Hepher, and for the sons of Shemida; these [are] the children of Manasseh son of Joseph - the males - by their families. ³ As to Zelophehad, son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, he has no children except daughters, and these [are] the names of his daughters: Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah, ⁴ and they draw near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, "Yahweh commanded Moses to give to us an inheritance in the midst of our brethren"; and he gives to them, at the command of Yahweh, an inheritance in the midst of the brethren of their father. ⁵ And ten portions fall [to] Manasseh, apart from the land of Gilead and Bashan, which [are] beyond the Jordan; ⁶ for the daughters of Manasseh have inherited an inheritance in the midst of his sons, and the land of Gilead has been to the sons of Manasseh who are left. ⁷ And the border of Manasseh is from Asher to Michmethah, which [is] on the front of Shechem, and the border has gone on unto the right, unto the inhabitants of En-Tappuah. ⁸ To Manasseh has been the land of Tappuah, and Tappuah unto the border of Manasseh is to the sons of Ephraim. ⁹ And the border has come down [to] the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook; these cities of Ephraim [are] in the midst of the cities of Manasseh, and the border of Manasseh [is] on the north of the brook, and its outgoings are at the sea. ¹⁰ Southward [is] to Ephraim and northward to Manasseh, and the sea is his border, and in Asher they meet on the north, and in Issachar on the east. ¹¹ And Manasseh has in Issachar and in Asher, Beth-Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, three counties. ¹² And the sons of Manasseh have not been able to occupy these cities, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in this land, ¹³ and it comes to pass when the sons of Israel have been strong, that they put the Canaanite to tribute, and have not utterly dispossessed him. ¹⁴ And the sons of Joseph speak with Joshua, saying, "Wherefore have you given to me an inheritance - one lot and one portion, and I a numerous people? hitherto has Yahweh blessed me." ¹⁵ And Joshua said unto them, "If you [are] a numerous people, go up for you to the forest, then you have prepared for you there, in the land of the Perizzite, and of the Rephaim, when mount Ephraim has been narrow for you." ¹⁶ And the sons of Joseph say, "The hill is not found to us, and a chariot of iron [is] with every Canaanite who is dwelling in the land of the valley - to him who [is] in Beth-Shean and its towns, and to him who [is] in the valley of Jezreel." ¹⁷ And Joshua speaks unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, "You [are] a numerous people, and have great power; you have not one lot [only], ¹⁸ because the mountain is your; because it [is] a forest - you have prepared it, and its outgoings have been yours; because you do dispossess the Canaanite, though it has chariots of iron - though it [is] strong."