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Joshua

Ephraim and West Manasseh: Boundaries and Claims

Joshua 16:1-17:18
1And the allotted portion came out for the sons of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho eastward into the wilderness that rises from Jericho into the mount of Bethel. 2And it came out from Bethel to Luz and passed to the border of the Archite at Ataroth. 3And it went down to the sea at the border of the Japhletite as far as the border of Beth-horon the Lower and as far as Gezer, and its outgoings were at the sea. 4And the sons of Joseph inherited Manasseh and Ephraim. 5And the border of the sons of Ephraim according to their families was this: the border of their inheritance was eastward at Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon. 6And the border came out to the sea at Michmethath from the north, and the border turned eastward to Taanath-shiloh and passed it from the east of Janoah. 7And it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah and met at Jericho, and the Jordan came out. 8From Tappuah the border went to the sea at the torrent Kanah, and its outgoings were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families. 9And the separate cities for the sons of Ephraim were in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages. 10And they did not dispossess the Canaanite who dwelt in Gezer, and the Canaanite dwelt in the midst of Ephraim until this day and became a taskworker serving.
Chapter 17
1And the allotted portion was for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh the father of Gilead, for he was a man of battle, and Gilead and Bashan were his. 2And it was for the remaining 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 sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the males, according to their families. 3And for Zelophehad the son of Hepher the son of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh there were no sons but daughters, and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4And they presented themselves 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 in the midst of our brothers," and he gave them an inheritance in the midst of the brothers of their father according to the mouth of the LORD. 5And ten lots of Manasseh fell to him alone from the land of Gilead and Bashan which was from the side of the Jordan. 6And the land of Gilead belonged to the remaining sons of Manasseh. 7And the border of Manasseh was from Asher at Michmethath which was upon the face of Shechem, and the border went to the right to the dwellers of En-tappuah. 8To Manasseh belonged the land of Tappuah, and Tappuah belonged to the border of Manasseh to the sons of Ephraim. 9And the border went down at the torrent Kanah southward; these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh, and the border of Manasseh was from the north of the torrent, and its outgoings were at the sea. 10Southward it belonged to Ephraim and northward to Manasseh, and the sea was its border; and in Asher it met from the north and in Issachar from the east. 11And to Manasseh in Issachar and in Asher belonged Beth-shean and its daughters and Ibleam and its daughters and the dwellers of Dor and its daughters and the dwellers of En-dor and its daughters and the dwellers of Taanach and its daughters and the dwellers of Megiddo and its daughters, three of the Naphath. 12And the sons of Manasseh were not able to dispossess these cities, and the Canaanite was willing to dwell in this land. 13And it was when the sons of Israel grew strong that they put the Canaanite to forced labor, but they did not dispossess him. 14And the sons of Joseph spoke with Joshua, saying, "Why have you given to me one allotted inheritance and one portion, when I am a numerous people, inasmuch as the LORD has blessed me thus far?" 15And Joshua said to them, "If you are a numerous people, go up for yourselves to the wood and create for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzite and the Rephaim, for the mount of Ephraim has hastened for you." 16And the sons of Joseph said, "The mount is not found for us, and chariot of iron is in all the Canaanite who dwells in the land of the Valley which is in Beth-shean and its daughters and which is in the valley of Jezreel." 17And Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, "You are a numerous people and great strength is yours; one allotted portion shall not be for you." 18For the mount shall be for you, for it is forest, and you shall clear it, and its outgoings shall be for you, for you shall dispossess the Canaanite, for chariot of iron is his, for he is strong.

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