Joshua 17

¹Then 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 .

²And allotments were made 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 .

³Now 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 : Mahlah , Noah , Hoglah , Milcah , and Tirzah .

⁴They approached Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the leaders and said , 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 .

⁵Thus there fell to Manasseh ten portions , besides the land of Gilead and Bashan , which is on the other side of the Jordan ,

⁶because 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 .

⁷The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath , which is east of Shechem . Then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah .

⁸The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh , but the town of Tappuah on the boundary of Manasseh belonged to the people of Ephraim .

⁹Then 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 ,

¹⁰the 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 .

¹¹Also in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages , and Ibleam and its villages , and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages , and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages , and the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages , and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages ; the third is Naphath .

¹²Yet the people of Manasseh could not take possession of those cities , but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land .

¹³Now when the people of Israel grew strong , they put the Canaanites to forced labor , but did not utterly drive them out .

¹⁴Then the people of Joseph spoke to Joshua , saying , Why have you given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance , although I am a numerous people , since all along the Lord has blessed me?

¹⁵And 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 the Rephaim , since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.

¹⁶The people of Joseph said , The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron , both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel .

¹⁷Then 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,

¹⁸but 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 , though they have chariots of iron , and though they are strong .