Joshua 17-18New King James Version (NKJV)
The Other Half-Tribe of Manasseh (West)
17 There was also a lot for the tribe of
Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph: namely for
Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of
war; therefore he was given Gilead and Bashan. 2 And
there was a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh
according to their families: for the children of Abiezer,[a] the children of Helek,
the children of Asriel, the children of Shechem, the children of Hepher, and
the children of Shemida; these were the male children of
Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.
3 But Zelophehad the son of Hepher,
the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but
only daughters. And these are the names of his daughters:
Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 And
they came near before Eleazar the priest, before Joshua the son of Nun, and
before the rulers, saying, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an
inheritance among our brothers.” Therefore, according to the commandment of
the Lord, he gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers. 5 Ten
shares fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on
the other side of the Jordan, 6 because the
daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons; and the rest of
Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.
7 And the territory of Manasseh was
from Asher to Michmethath, that lies east of Shechem; and the
border went along south to the inhabitants of En Tappuah. 8 Manasseh
had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to
the children of Ephraim. 9 And the border descended
to the Brook Kanah, southward to the brook. These cities of Ephraim are among
the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manasseh was on the
north side of the brook; and it ended at the sea.
10 Southward it was Ephraim’s,
northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea was its border.
Manasseh’s territory was adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the
east. 11 And in Issachar and in Asher, Manasseh had
Beth Shean and its towns, Ibleam and its towns, the inhabitants of Dor and its
towns, the inhabitants of En Dor and its towns, the inhabitants of Taanach and
its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns—three hilly regions. 12 Yet
the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those
cities, but the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land. 13 And
it happened, when the children of Israel grew strong, that they put the
Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.
More Land for Ephraim and Manasseh
14 Then the children of Joseph spoke
to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given us only one lot and one
share to inherit, since we are a great people, inasmuch as
the Lord has blessed us until now?”
15 So Joshua answered them, “If
you are a great people, then go up to the
forest country and clear a place for yourself there in the
land of the Perizzites and the giants, since the mountains of Ephraim are too
confined for you.”
16 But the children of Joseph said,
“The mountain country is not enough for us; and all the Canaanites who dwell in
the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both those who are of
Beth Shean and its towns and those who are of
the Valley of Jezreel.”
17 And Joshua spoke to the house of
Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—saying, “You are a great people
and have great power; you shall not have only one lot, 18 but
the mountain country shall be yours. Although it is wooded,
you shall cut it down, and its farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall
drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are
strong.”
The Remainder of the Land Divided
18 Now the whole congregation of the children of
Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of meeting
there. And the land was subdued before them. 2 But
there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not yet
received their inheritance.
3 Then Joshua said to the children of
Israel: “How long will you neglect to go and possess the land which
the Lord God of your fathers has given you? 4 Pick
out from among you three men for each tribe, and I will send
them; they shall rise and go through the land, survey it according to their
inheritance, and come back to me. 5 And
they shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in their territory on
the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory on the
north. 6 You shall therefore survey the land in
seven parts and bring the survey here to me, that I may cast
lots for you here before the Lord our God. 7 But
the Levites have no part among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their
inheritance. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received
their inheritance beyond the Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of
the Lord gave them.”
8 Then the men arose to go away; and
Joshua charged those who went to survey the land, saying, “Go, walk through the
land, survey it, and come back to me, that I may cast lots for you here before
the Lord in Shiloh.” 9 So the men went,
passed through the land, and wrote the survey in a book in seven parts by
cities; and they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh. 10 Then
Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there Joshua
divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
The Land of Benjamin
11 Now the lot of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of
their lot came out between the children of Judah and the children of
Joseph. 12 Their border on the north side began at
the Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and
went up through the mountains westward; it ended at the Wilderness of Beth
Aven. 13 The border went over from there toward
Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Bethel) southward; and the
border descended to Ataroth Addar, near the hill that lies on
the south side of Lower Beth Horon.
14 Then the border extended around
the west side to the south, from the hill that lies before
Beth Horon southward; and it ended at Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath
Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west
side.
15 The south side began at
the end of Kirjath Jearim, and the border extended on the west and went out to
the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. 16 Then the
border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before
the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the
Rephaim[b] on the north,
descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on
the south, and descended to En Rogel. 17 And it
went around from the north, went out to En Shemesh, and extended toward
Geliloth, which is before the Ascent of Adummim, and descended to the stone of
Bohan the son of Reuben. 18 Then it passed along
toward the north side of Arabah,[c] and went down to
Arabah. 19 And the border passed along to the north
side of Beth Hoglah; then the border ended at the north bay at the Salt Sea, at
the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern boundary.
20 The Jordan was its border on the
east side. This was the inheritance of the children of
Benjamin, according to its boundaries all around, according to their families.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the
children of Benjamin, according to their families, were Jericho, Beth Hoglah,
Emek Keziz, 22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, 23 Avim,
Parah, Ophrah, 24 Chephar Haammoni, Ophni, and
Gaba: twelve cities with their villages; 25 Gibeon,
Ramah, Beeroth, 26 Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah, 27 Rekem,
Irpeel, Taralah, 28 Zelah, Eleph, Jebus
(which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath:
fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children
of Benjamin according to their families.
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