Book 06 : NEVIIM - JOSHUA - Chapter 017
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a NAME="1">1 And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh;
for he was the first-born of Joseph. As for Machir the first-born of Manasseh,
the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and
Bashan
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And the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh
according to 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 according to their families
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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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And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before
Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying: 'The HaShem commanded
Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren'; therefore according to the
commandment of HaShem he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their
father
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And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, beside the land of
Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan
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because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among
his sons; and the land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh
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And the border of Manasseh was, beginning from Asher,
Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right
hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.-
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The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on
the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.-
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And the border went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward
of the brook, by cities which belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh;
but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook; and the goings
out thereof were at the sea
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southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was
Manasseh's, and the sea was his border; and they reached to Asher on the north,
and to Issachar on the east
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And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and
its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns,
and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and
its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, even the three regions
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Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the
inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites were resolved to dwell in that
land
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And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were
waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, but did not utterly
drive them out
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And the children of Joseph spoke unto Joshua, saying: 'Why
hast thou given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a
great people, forasmuch as HaShem hath blessed me thus?
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And Joshua said unto them: 'If thou be a great people, get
thee up to the forest, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the
Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow
for thee.
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And the children of Joseph said: 'The hill-country will
not be enough for us; and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the
valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and its towns, and
they who are in the valley of Jezreel.
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And Joshua spoke 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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but the hill-country shall be thine; for though it is a
forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine; for
thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and
though they be strong.
Book 06 : NEVIIM - JOSHUA - Chapter 017
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