17:1 There was also a lot 1486 for the tribe 4294 of Manasseh 4519; for he [was] the firstborn 1060 of Joseph 3130; [to wit], for Machir 4353 the firstborn 1060 of Manasseh 4519, the father 1 of Gilead 1568: because he was a man 376 of war 4421, therefore he had Gilead 1568 and Bashan 1316.

17:2 There was also [a lot] for the rest 3498 8737 of the children 1121 of Manasseh 4519 by their families 4940; for the children 1121 of Abiezer 44, and for the children 1121 of Helek 2507, and for the children 1121 of Asriel 844, and for the children 1121 of Shechem 7928, and for the children 1121 of Hepher 2660, and for the children 1121 of Shemida 8061: these [were] the male 2145 children 1121 of Manasseh 4519 the son 1121 of Joseph 3130 by their families 4940.

17:3 But Zelophehad 6765, the son 1121 of Hepher 2660, the son 1121 of Gilead 1568, the son 1121 of Machir 4353, the son 1121 of Manasseh 4519, had no sons 1121, but daughters 1323: and these [are] the names 8034 of his daughters 1323, Mahlah 4244, and Noah 5270, Hoglah 2295, Milcah 4435, and Tirzah 8656.

17:4 And they came near 7126 8799 before 6440 Eleazar 499 the priest 3548, and before 6440 Joshua 3091 the son 1121 of Nun 5126, and before 6440 the princes 5387, saying 559 8800, The LORD 3068 commanded 6680 8765 Moses 4872 to give 5414 8800 us an inheritance 5159 among 8432 our brethren 251. Therefore according to the commandment 6310 of the LORD 3068 he gave 5414 8799 them an inheritance 5159 among 8432 the brethren 251 of their father 1.

17:5 And there fell 5307 8799 ten 6235 portions 2256 to Manasseh 4519, beside the land 776 of Gilead 1568 and Bashan 1316, which [were] on the other side 5676 Jordan 3383;

17:6 Because the daughters 1323 of Manasseh 4519 had 5157 8804 an inheritance 5159 among 8432 his sons 1121: and the rest 3498 8737 of Manasseh's 4519 sons 1121 had the land 776 of Gilead 1568.

17:7 And the coast 1366 of Manasseh 4519 was from Asher 836 to Michmethah 4366, that [lieth] before 6440 Shechem 7927; and the border 1366 went along 1980 8804 on the right hand 3225 unto the inhabitants 3427 8802 of Entappuah 5887.

17:8 [Now] Manasseh 4519 had the land 776 of Tappuah 8599: but Tappuah 8599 on the border 1366 of Manasseh 4519 [belonged] to the children 1121 of Ephraim 669;

17:9 And the coast 1366 descended 3381 8804 unto the river 5158 Kanah 7071, southward 5045 of the river 5158: these cities 5892 of Ephraim 669 [are] among 8432 the cities 5892 of Manasseh 4519: the coast 1366 of Manasseh 4519 also [was] on the north side 6828 of the river 5158, and the outgoings 8444 of it were at the sea 3220:(river Kanah: or, brook of reeds)

17:10 Southward 5045 [it was] Ephraim's 669, and northward 6828 [it was] Manasseh's 4519, and the sea 3220 is his border 1366; and they met together 6293 8799 in Asher 836 on the north 6828, and in Issachar 3485 on the east 4217.

17:11 And Manasseh 4519 had in Issachar 3485 and in Asher 836 Bethshean 1052 and her towns 1323, and Ibleam 2991 and her towns 1323, and the inhabitants 3427 8802 of Dor 1756 and her towns 1323, and the inhabitants 3427 8802 of Endor 5874 and her towns 1323, and the inhabitants 3427 8802 of Taanach 8590 and her towns 1323, and the inhabitants 3427 8802 of Megiddo 4023 and her towns 1323, [even] three 7969 countries 5316.

17:12 Yet the children 1121 of Manasseh 4519 could 3201 8804 not drive out 3423 8687 [the inhabitants of] those cities 5892; but the Canaanites 3669 would 2974 8686 dwell 3427 8800 in that land 776.

17:13 Yet it came to pass, when the children 1121 of Israel 3478 were waxen strong 2388 8804, that they put 5414 8799 the Canaanites 3669 to tribute 4522; but did not utterly 3423 8687 drive them out 3423 8689.

17:14 And the children 1121 of Joseph 3130 spake 1696 8762 unto Joshua 3091, saying 559 8800, Why hast thou given 5414 8804 me [but] one 259 lot 1486 and one 259 portion 2256 to inherit 5159, seeing I [am] a great 7227 people 5971, forasmuch as 5704 the LORD 3068 hath blessed 1288 8765 me hitherto 3541?

17:15 And Joshua 3091 answered 559 8799 them, If thou [be] a great 7227 people 5971, [then] get thee up 5927 8798 to the wood 3293 [country], and cut down 1254 8765 for thyself there in the land 776 of the Perizzites 6522 and of the giants 7497, if mount 2022 Ephraim 669 be too narrow 213 8804 for thee.(giants: or, Rephaims)

17:16 And the children 1121 of Joseph 3130 said 559 8799, The hill 2022 is not enough 4672 8735 for us: and all the Canaanites 3669 that dwell 3427 8802 in the land 776 of the valley 6010 have chariots 7393 of iron 1270, [both they] who [are] of Bethshean 1052 and her towns 1323, and [they] who [are] of the valley 6010 of Jezreel 3157.

17:17 And Joshua 3091 spake 559 8799 unto the house 1004 of Joseph 3130, [even] to Ephraim 669 and to Manasseh 4519, saying 559 8800, Thou [art] a great 7227 people 5971, and hast great 1419 power 3581: thou shalt not have one 259 lot 1486 [only]:

17:18 But the mountain 2022 shall be thine; for it [is] a wood 3293, and thou shalt cut it down 1254 8765: and the outgoings 8444 of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out 3423 8686 the Canaanites 3669, though they have iron 1270 chariots 7393, [and] though they [be] strong 2389.

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