Joshua 17

Joshua Chapter 17 KJV

1The lot of Manasseh. 3The case of Zelophehad's daughters. 7The coast of Manasseh distinguished from that of Ephraim. 12The Canaanites could not be wholly driven out, but those that remain are subjected to tribute. 14The children of Joseph petition for and obtain another lot.
1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the 1firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for 2Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had 3Gilead and Bashan.
2 There was also a lot for 1the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of aAbi-ezer, 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 were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
3 ¶ But 1Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
4 And they came near 1before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, 2The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the acommandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
5 And there fell 1ten portions to Manasseh, 2beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and 1the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
7 ¶ And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before 1Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
8 now Manasseh had the aland of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
9 And the coast descended unto the ariver Kanah, southward of the river: 1these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher 1Beth-shean and her towns, and 2Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of 3Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of 4En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of 5Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
12 Yet 1the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were 1waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to 2tribute; but adid not utterly drive them out.
14 And 1the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a 2great people, forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed me hitherto?
15 And Joshua answered them, 1If thou be a great people, then get thee up to 2the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the agiants, if 3mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
16 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 1have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of 2Jezreel.
17 And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, 1Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
18 But the 1mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou 2shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have 3iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Joshua 17