Joshua 17 (NET)

Joshua 17:1¹The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:2²The rest of Manasseh’s descendants were also assigned land by their clans, including the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:3³Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:4⁴They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us land among our relatives.” So Joshua assigned them land among their uncles, as the Lord had commanded.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:5⁵Manasseh was allotted ten shares of land, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:6⁶for the daughters of Manasseh were assigned land among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:7⁷The border of Manasseh went from Asher to Micmethath, which is near Shechem. It then went south toward those who live by En Tappuah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:8⁸(The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:9⁹The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:10¹⁰Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s to the north. The sea was Manasseh’s western border and their territory touched Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:11¹¹Within Issachar’s and Asher’s territories Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, the residents of Endor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo, the three of Napheth, and the towns surrounding all these cities.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:12¹²But the men of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:13¹³Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:14¹⁴The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you assigned us only one tribal allotment? After all, we have many people, for until now the Lord has enabled us to increase in number.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:15¹⁵Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people, go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:16¹⁶The descendants of Joseph said, “The whole hill country is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:17¹⁷Joshua said to the family of Joseph—to both Ephraim and Manasseh: “You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

Joshua 17:18¹⁸The whole hill country will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it, and it will be entirely yours. You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s