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Territory
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| Joshua 17:1 |
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Now this was the lot for the tribe 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. |
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| Joshua 17:2 |
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So the lot was made for the rest of the sons
of Manasseh according to their families: for the sons of Abiezer and for the sons
of Helek and for the sons of Asriel and for the sons of Shechem and for the sons
of Hepher and for the sons of Shemida; these were the male descendants of Manasseh
the son of Joseph according to their families. |
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| Joshua 17:3 |
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However, Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the
son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters;
and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and
Tirzah. |
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| Joshua 17:4 |
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They came near before Eleazar the priest and
before Joshua the son of Nun and before the leaders, saying, "The LORD commanded
Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." So according to the command
of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers. |
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| Joshua 17:5 |
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Thus there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides
the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan, |
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| Joshua 17:6 |
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because the daughters of Manasseh received an
inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the
sons of Manasseh. |
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| Joshua 17:7 |
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The border of Manasseh ran from Asher to Michmethath
which was east of Shechem; then the border went southward to the inhabitants of
En-tappuah. |
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| Joshua 17:8 |
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The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but
Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim. |
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| Joshua 17:9 |
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The border went down to the brook of Kanah,
southward of the brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh),
and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and it ended at
the sea. |
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| Joshua 17:10 |
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The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north
side to Manasseh, and the sea was their border; and they reached to Asher on the
north and to Issachar on the east. |
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| Joshua 17:11 |
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In Issachar and in Asher, Manasseh had 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, the third is Napheth. |
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| Joshua 17:12 |
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But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession
of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. |
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| Joshua 17:13 |
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It came about when the sons of Israel became
strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out
completely. |
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| Joshua 17:14 |
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Then the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying,
"Why have you given me only one lot and one portion for an inheritance, since
I am a numerous people whom the LORD has thus far blessed?" |
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| Joshua 17:15 |
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Joshua said to them, "If you are a numerous
people, go up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of
the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow
for you." |
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| Joshua 17:16 |
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The sons of Joseph said, "The hill country is
not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have chariots
of iron, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the
valley of Jezreel." |
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| Joshua 17:17 |
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Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim
and Manasseh, saying, "You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall
not have one lot only, |
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| Joshua 17:18 |
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but the hill country shall be yours. For though
it is a forest, you shall clear it, and to its farthest borders it shall be yours;
for you shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have chariots of iron
and though they are strong." |
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