Joshua Chapter 17

• Joshua 17:1
  Joshua.
• Joshua 17:2
  This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because...
• Joshua 17:3
  So this was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer, for the children of Helek, for the chil...
• Joshua 17:4
  But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters. These are the names of his d...
• Joshua 17:5
  They came to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the princes, saying, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among o...
• Joshua 17:6
  Ten parts fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
• Joshua 17:7
  because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
• Joshua 17:8
  The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem. The border went along to the right hand, to the inhabitants of En Tappu...
• Joshua 17:9
  The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.
• Joshua 17:10
  The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook. These cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh. The border of Manas...
• Joshua 17:11
  Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea was his border. They reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar on the ea...
• Joshua 17:12
  Manasseh had three heights in Issachar, in Asher Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the...
• Joshua 17:13
  Yet the children of Manasseh couldn’t drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
• Joshua 17:14
  When the children of Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out.
• Joshua 17:15
  The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance, since we are a numerous people, b...
• Joshua 17:16
  Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Re...
• Joshua 17:17
  The children of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us. All the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, bot...
• Joshua 17:18
  Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, that is, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people, and have great power. You shall not have...
• Joshua 17:19
  but the hill country shall be yours. Although it is a forest, you shall cut it down, and it’s farthest extent shall be yours; for you shall drive out ...