Joshua 17

1There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he the firstborn of Joseph; , for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. 2There was also 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 the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. 3But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Yahuah commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the Yahuah he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 5And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which on the other side Jordan; 6Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. 7And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah. 8Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh to the children of Ephraim; 9And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: 10Southward Ephraim's, and northward Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. 11And 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, three countries. 12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 13Yet 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. 14And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast you given me one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I a great people, forasmuch as the Yahuah has blessed me hitherto? 15And Joshua answered them, If you a great people, get you up to the wood , and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for you. 16And 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, who of Bethshean and her towns, and who of the valley of Jezreel. 17And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, you a great people, and hast great power: you shall not have one lot : 18But the mountain shall be your; for it a wood, and you shall cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be your: for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, though they strong.