and Bashan.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[5] And there fell ten portions to Manasseh,
beside 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 the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
[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 En-tappuah.
[8] Now Manasseh had the land of
Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
[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:
[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 Beth-shean 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.
[12] Yet the 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 waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did
not utterly drive them out.
[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?
[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.
[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
Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
[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:
[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.
Josh.18
[1] And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the
tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
[2] And there remained
among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
[3] And Joshua
said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God
of your fathers hath given you?
[4] Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send
them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and
they shall come again to me.
[5] And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast
on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
[6] Ye shall therefore
describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you
here before the LORD our God.
[7] But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the
LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their
inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
[8] And the
men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and
walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before
the LORD in Shiloh.
[9] And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into
seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
[10] And Joshua cast lots for
them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according