Joshua
Chapter 17
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1The lot was for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, belonged Gilead and Bashan.
2It was for the rest of the sons of Manasseh, by their clans: for the sons of Abiezer, for the sons of Helek, for the sons of Asriel, for the sons of Shechem, for the sons of Hepher, and for the sons of Shemida. These were the sons of Manasseh son of Joseph, the males, by their clans.
3Zelophehad son of Hepher son of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
4They drew near before Eleazar the priest, before Joshua son of Nun, and before the chiefs, saying, God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers. So he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father, according to the mouth of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
5Ten portions fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan,
6because the daughters of Manasseh inherited an inheritance among his sons, and the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
7The border of Manasseh was from Asher, to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem, and the border went to the right, to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
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Yamin is the right-hand side. Facing the sunrise, the right hand is south.
8The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the sons of Ephraim.
9The border went down to the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes. Kanah, south of the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes.. These cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was north of the A stream bed that keeps water, or runs when the rain comes., and its ends were at the sea.
10To the south was Ephraim, and to the north was Manasseh, and the sea was its border. They touched Asher on the north, and Issachar on the east.
11In Issachar and in Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and its daughter towns, Ibleam and its daughter towns, the inhabitants of Dor and its daughter towns, the inhabitants of En-dor and its daughter towns, the inhabitants of Taanach and its daughter towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its daughter towns: the three districts.
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Naphat is a district, the same word as in Naphoth-dor. The line says three of them.
12The sons of Manasseh were not able to drive out the inhabitants of these cities, and the Canaanite was set on living in this land.
13When the sons of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanite to the Work a people is forced to do for a ruler., but they did not utterly drive him out.
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The verb is doubled: horash lo horisho, “drive out, he did not drive him out.”
14The sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given me one lot and one portion as an inheritance, when I am a numerous people, to the point that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. has blessed me this far?
15Joshua said to them, If you are a numerous people, go up for yourself to the forest and clear it for yourself there, in the land of the Perizzite and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too tight for you.
16The sons of Joseph said, The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanite who live in the land of the valley have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its daughter towns and those in the Valley of Jezreel.
17Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a numerous people, and you have great strength. You shall not have only one lot.
18The hill country shall be yours. It is forest, so you shall clear it, and its farthest parts shall be yours, for you shall drive out the Canaanite, though he has an iron chariot, and though he is strong.