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1 | There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the
firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of
Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war,
therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. |
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2 | There was also a lot 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 were the male children of
Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. |
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3 | But Zelophehad, 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. |
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4 | And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before
Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The
LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our
brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD
he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their
father. |
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5 | And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of
Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; |
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6 | Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his
sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. |
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7 | And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that
lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right
hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah. |
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8 | Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the
border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; |
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9 | And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the
river: these 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: |
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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. |
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11 | And 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, even three countries. |
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12 | Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the
inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in
that land. |
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13 | Yet 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. |
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14 | And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast
thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I
am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me
hitherto? |
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15 | And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get
thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in
the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim
be too narrow for thee. |
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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 have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean
and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. |
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17 | And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and
to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great
power: thou shalt not have one lot only: |
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18 | But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou
shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for
thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron
chariots, and though they be strong. |
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