17:1 Then
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.
17:2 And
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.
17:3 Now
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.
17:4 They
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.
17:5 Thus
there
fell
to
Manasseh
ten
portions,
besides
the
land
of
Gilead
and
Bashan,
which
is
on
the
other
side
of
the
Jordan,
17:6 because
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.
17:7 The
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.
17:8 The
land
of
Tappuah
belonged
to
Manasseh,
but
the
town
of
Tappuah
on
the
boundary
of
Manasseh
belonged
to
the
people
of
Ephraim.
17:9 Then
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,
17:10 the
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.
17:11 Also
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.
17:12 Yet
the
people
of
Manasseh
could
not
take
possession
of
those
cities,
but
the
Canaanites
persisted
in
dwelling
in
that
land.
17:13 Now
when
the
people
of
Israel
grew
strong,
they
put
the
Canaanites
to
forced
labor,
but
did
not
utterly
drive
them
out.
17:14 Then
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"
17:15 And
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."
17:16 The
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."
17:17 Then
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,
17:18 but
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."