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Joshua 17
18 verses · King James Version
- 1There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he the firstborn of Joseph; for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.Compare translations of Joshua 17:1
- 2There was also 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 the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.Compare translations of Joshua 17:2
- 3But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.Compare translations of Joshua 17:3
- 4And 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.Compare translations of Joshua 17:4
- 5And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which on the other side Jordan;Compare translations of Joshua 17:5
- 6Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.Compare translations of Joshua 17:6
- 7And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.Compare translations of Joshua 17:7
- 8Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh to the children of Ephraim;Compare translations of Joshua 17:8
- 9And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:Compare translations of Joshua 17:9
- 10Southward Ephraim’s, and northward Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.Compare translations of Joshua 17:10
- 11And 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, three countries.Compare translations of Joshua 17:11
- 12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.Compare translations of Joshua 17:12
- 13Yet 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.Compare translations of Joshua 17:13
- 14And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?Compare translations of Joshua 17:14
- 15And Joshua answered them, If thou a great people, get thee up to the wood and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.Compare translations of Joshua 17:15
- 16And 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, who of Beth-shean and her towns, and who of the valley of Jezreel.Compare translations of Joshua 17:16
- 17And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lotCompare translations of Joshua 17:17
- 18But the mountain shall be thine; for it 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, though they strong.Compare translations of Joshua 17:18