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Jos 17:1	Strong Concordance	There was also a lot [01486] for the tribe [04294] of Manasseh [04519]; for he was the firstborn [01060] of Joseph [03130]; to wit, for Machir [04353] the firstborn [01060] of Manasseh [04519], the father [01] of Gilead [01568]: because he was a man [0376] of war [04421], therefore he had Gilead [01568] and Bashan [01316].
	King James	There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
LOT OF MANASSEH. (Jos 17:1-6) There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh--Ephraim was mentioned, as the more numerous and powerful branch of the family of Joseph (Gen 48:19-20); but Manasseh still retained the right of primogeniture and had a separate inheritance assigned. Machir--his descendants. the father of Gilead--Though he had a son of that name (Num 26:29; Num 27:1), yet, as is evident from the use of the Hebrew article, reference is made, not to the person, but the province of Gilead. "Father" here means lord or possessor of Gilead. This view is confirmed by the fact that it was not Machir, but his descendants, who subdued Gilead and Bashan (Num 32:41; Deu 3:13-15). These Machirites had their portion on the east side of Jordan. The western portion of land, allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, was divided into ten portions because the male descendants who had sons consisted of five families, to which, consequently, five shares were given; and the sixth family, namely, the posterity of Hepher, being all women, the five daughters of Zelophehad were, on application to the valuators, endowed each with an inheritance in land (see on Num 27:4).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

LOT OF MANASSEH. (Jos 17:1-6)

There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh--Ephraim was mentioned, as the more numerous and powerful branch of the family of Joseph (Gen 48:19-20); but Manasseh still retained the right of primogeniture and had a separate inheritance assigned.

Machir--his descendants.

the father of Gilead--Though he had a son of that name (Num 26:29; Num 27:1), yet, as is evident from the use of the Hebrew article, reference is made, not to the person, but the province of Gilead. "Father" here means lord or possessor of Gilead. This view is confirmed by the fact that it was not Machir, but his descendants, who subdued Gilead and Bashan (Num 32:41; Deu 3:13-15). These Machirites had their portion on the east side of Jordan. The western portion of land, allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, was divided into ten portions because the male descendants who had sons consisted of five families, to which, consequently, five shares were given; and the sixth family, namely, the posterity of Hepher, being all women, the five daughters of Zelophehad were, on application to the valuators, endowed each with an inheritance in land (see on Num 27:4).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Manasseh, as the "first-born," was to receive not only the territory on the east of Jordan won by the valor of the Machirites, but also a portion with the other tribes on the west of Jordan, the holy land of promise strictly so called. Thus, though Ephraim took precedence of Manasseh, according to the prediction of Joseph Gen 48:20, yet Manasseh received "the double portion" which was the special privilege of the first-born Deu 21:17.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The inheritance of Manasseh on this side of the Jordan was on the north of Ephraim. Jos 17:1-6 Before proceeding to the more detailed description of the inheritance, the historian thinks it necessary to observe that the Manassites received a double inheritance. This remark is introduced with the words "for he was the first-born of Joseph." On this account, in addition to the territory already given to him in Gilead and Bashan, he received a second allotment of territory in Canaan proper. With the word למכיר (for Machir) the more minute account of the division of the Manassites commences. וגו למכיר is first of all written absolutely at the beginning of the sentence, and then resumed in לו ויהי: "to Machir, the first-born of Manasseh ... to him were Gilead and Bashan assigned, because he was a man of war," i.e., a warlike man, and had earned for himself a claim to the inheritance of Gilead and Bashan through the peculiar bravery which he had displayed in the conquest of those lands. By Machir, however, we are not to understand the actual son of Manasseh, but his family; and הגּלעד אבי does not mean "father of Gilead," but lord (possessor) of Gilead, for Machir's son Gilead is always called גלעד without the article (vid., Jos 17:3; Num 26:29-30; Num 27:1; Num 36:1; Ch1 7:17), whereas the country of that name is just as constantly called הגּלעד (see Jos 17:1, the last clause, Jos 17:5; Jos 13:11, Jos 13:31; Num 32:40; Deu 3:10.). "And there came, i.e., the lot fell (the lot is to be repeated from Jos 17:1), to the other descendants of Manasseh according to their families," which are then enumerated as in Num 26:30-32. "These are the male descendants of Manasseh." הזּכרים must not be altered, notwithstanding the fact that it is preceded and followed by הגּותרים; it is evidently used deliberately as an antithesis to the female descendants of Manasseh mentioned in Jos 17:3. Jos 17:3-6 Among the six families of Manasseh (Jos 17:2), Zelophehad, a descendant of Hepher, left no son; but he had five daughters, whose names are given in Jos 17:3 (as in Num 26:33; Num 27:1; Num 36:10). These daughters had petitioned Moses for a separate portion in the promised land, and their request had been granted (Num 27:2., compared with Josh 36). They therefore came before the committee appointed for dividing the land and repeated this promised, which as at once fulfilled. Consequently there were ten families of Manasseh who had received portions by the side of Ephraim, five male and five female. "And (Jos 17:5) there fell the measurements of Manasseh (as) ten," i.e., ten portions were assigned to the Manassites (on the west of the Jordan), beside the land of Gilead, because (as is again observed in Jos 17:6) the daughters of Manasseh, i.e., of Zelophehad the Manassite, received an inheritance among his sons (i.e., the rest of the Manassites). Jos 17:7-11 Boundaries and extent of the inheritance of the ten families of Manasseh. - Jos 17:7-10, the southern boundary, which coincides with the northern boundary of Ephraim described in Jos 16:6-8, and is merely given here with greater precision in certain points. It went "from Asher to Michmethah, before Shechem." Asher is not the territory of the tribe of Asher, but a distinct locality; according to the Onom. (s. v. Asher) a place on the high road from Neapolis to Scythopolis, fifteen Roman miles from the former. It is not to be found, however, in the ruins of Tell Um el Aschera (V. de Velde) or Tell Um Ajra (Rob. Bibl. Res. pp. 310, 327), an hour to the south of Beisan, as Knobel supposes, but in the village of Yasir, where there are magnificent ruins, about five hours and ten minutes from Nabulus on the road to Beisan (V. de Velde, Mem. pp. 237, 289; R. ii. p. 295). Michmethah, before Shechem, is still unknown (see Jos 16:6). Shechem was founded by the Hivite prince Shechem (Gen 33:18), and is frequently mentioned in the book of Genesis. It stood between Ebal and Gerizim, was given up by Ephraim to the Levites, and declared a free city (city of refuge: Jos 21:21; Jos 20:7). It was there that the ten tribes effected their separation from Judah Kg1 12:1.), and Jeroboam resided there (Kg1 12:25). In later times it was the chief city of the country of Samaria, and the capital of the Samaritans (Joh 4:5); and the name of Neapolis, or Flavia Neapolis, from which the present Nabulus or Nablus has come, was given to it in honour of Vespasian (see v. Raumer, Pal. pp. 161ff.). From this point the boundary went אל־היּמין (i.e., either "to the right side," the south side, or to Yamin), "To the inhabitants of En-tappuah." Whether Yamin is an appellative or a proper name is doubtful. But even if it be the name of a place, it is quite certain that it cannot be the village of Yamn, an hour to the south-east of Taanuk (Rob. iii. pp. 161, 167, etc.), as this is much too far north, and, judging from Jos 17:11, belonged to the territory of Asher. In the case of En-tappuah, the inhabitants are mentioned instead of the district, because the district belonged to Manasseh, whilst the town on the border of Manasseh was given to the Ephraimites. The situation of the town has not yet been discovered: see at Jos 16:8. From this point the boundary ran down to the Cane-brook (see Jos 16:8), namely to the south side of the brook. "These towns were assigned to Ephraim in the midst of the towns of Manasseh, and (but) the territory of Manasseh was on the north of the brook." The only possible meaning of these words is the following: From Tappuah, the boundary went down to the Cane-brook and crossed it, so that the south side of the brook really belonged to the territory of Manasseh; nevertheless the towns on this south side were allotted to Ephraim, whilst only the territory to the north of the brook fell to the lot of the Manassites. This is expressed more plainly in Jos 17:10: "To the south (of the brook the land came) to Ephraim, and to the north to Manasseh." In Jos 17:10 the northern and eastern boundaries are only briefly indicated: "And they (the Manassites) touched Asher towards the north, and Issachar towards the east." The reason why this boundary was not described more minutely, was probably because it had not yet been fixed. For (Jos 17:11) Manasseh also received towns and districts in (within the territory of) Issachar and Asher, viz., Beth-shean, etc. Beth-shean, to the wall of which Saul's body was fastened (Sa1 31:10.; Sa2 21:12), was afterwards called Scythopolis. It was in the valley of the Jordan, where the plain of Jezreel slopes off into the valley; its present name is Beisan, a place where there are considerable ruins of great antiquity, about two hours from the Jordan (vid., Seetzen, ii. pp. 162ff.; Rob. iii. p. 174; Bibl. Res. p. 325; v. Raumer, Pal. pp. 150-1). This city, with its daughter towns, was in the territory of Issachar, which was on the east of Manasseh, and may have extended a considerable distance towards the south along the valley of the Jordan, as the territory of Manasseh and Ephraim did not run into the valley of the Jordan; but Asher (Yasir) is mentioned in Jos 17:7 as the most easterly place in Manasseh, and, according to Jos 16:6-7, the eastern boundary of Ephraim ran down along the eastern edge of the mountains as far as Jericho, without including the Jordan valley. At the same time, the Ghor on the western side of the Jordan below Beisan, as far as the plain of Jericho, was of no great value to any tribe, as this district, according to Josephus (de Bell. Jud. iv. 8, 2, and iii. 10, 7), was uninhabited because of its barrenness. The other towns, Ibleam, etc., with the exception of Endor perhaps, were in the territory of Asher, and almost all on the south-west border of the plain of Esdraelon. Ibleam, called Bileam in Ch1 6:55 (70), a Levitical town (see at Jos 21:25), was not very far from Megiddo (Kg2 9:27), and has probably been preserved in the ruins of Khirbet-Belameh, half an hour to the south of Jenin; according to Schultz, it is the same place as Belamon, Belmen, or Belthem (Judith 4:4; 7:3; 8:3). With דאר ואת־ישׁבי the construction changes, so that there is an anacolouthon, which can be explained, however, on the ground that ל היה may not only mean to be assigned to, but also to receive or to have. In this last sense ואת is attached. The inhabitants are mentioned instead of the towns, because the historian had already the thought present in his mind, that the Manassites were unable to exterminate the Canaanites from the towns allotted to them. Dor is the present Tortura (see at Jos 11:2). Endor, the home of the witch (Sa1 28:7), four Roman miles to the south of Tabor (Onom.), at present a village called Endr, on the northern shoulder of the Duhy or Little Hermon (see Rob. iii. p. 225; Bibl. Res. p. 340). Taanach and Megiddo, the present Taanuk and Lejun (see at Jos 12:21). The three last towns, with the places dependent upon them, are connected more closely together by הנּפת שׁלשׁת, the three-hill-country, probably because they formed a common league. Jos 17:12-13 The Manassites were unable to exterminate the Canaanites from these six towns, and the districts round; but when they grew stronger, they made them tributary slaves (cf. Jos 16:10).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The inheritance of Manasseh on this side of the Jordan was on the north of Ephraim.

Jos 17:1-6

Before proceeding to the more detailed description of the inheritance, the historian thinks it necessary to observe that the Manassites received a double inheritance. This remark is introduced with the words "for he was the first-born of Joseph." On this account, in addition to the territory already given to him in Gilead and Bashan, he received a second allotment of territory in Canaan proper. With the word למכיר (for Machir) the more minute account of the division of the Manassites commences. וגו למכיר is first of all written absolutely at the beginning of the sentence, and then resumed in לו ויהי: "to Machir, the first-born of Manasseh ... to him were Gilead and Bashan assigned, because he was a man of war," i.e., a warlike man, and had earned for himself a claim to the inheritance of Gilead and Bashan through the peculiar bravery which he had displayed in the conquest of those lands. By Machir, however, we are not to understand the actual son of Manasseh, but his family; and הגּלעד אבי does not mean "father of Gilead," but lord (possessor) of Gilead, for Machir's son Gilead is always called גלעד without the article (vid., Jos 17:3; Num 26:29-30; Num 27:1; Num 36:1; Ch1 7:17), whereas the country of that name is just as constantly called הגּלעד (see Jos 17:1, the last clause, Jos 17:5; Jos 13:11, Jos 13:31; Num 32:40; Deu 3:10.). "And there came, i.e., the lot fell (the lot is to be repeated from Jos 17:1), to the other descendants of Manasseh according to their families," which are then enumerated as in Num 26:30-32. "These are the male descendants of Manasseh." הזּכרים must not be altered, notwithstanding the fact that it is preceded and followed by הגּותרים; it is evidently used deliberately as an antithesis to the female descendants of Manasseh mentioned in Jos 17:3.

Jos 17:3-6

Among the six families of Manasseh (Jos 17:2), Zelophehad, a descendant of Hepher, left no son; but he had five daughters, whose names are given in Jos 17:3 (as in Num 26:33; Num 27:1; Num 36:10). These daughters had petitioned Moses for a separate portion in the promised land, and their request had been granted (Num 27:2., compared with Josh 36). They therefore came before the committee appointed for dividing the land and repeated this promised, which as at once fulfilled. Consequently there were ten families of Manasseh who had received portions by the side of Ephraim, five male and five female. "And (Jos 17:5) there fell the measurements of Manasseh (as) ten," i.e., ten portions were assigned to the Manassites (on the west of the Jordan), beside the land of Gilead, because (as is again observed in Jos 17:6) the daughters of Manasseh, i.e., of Zelophehad the Manassite, received an inheritance among his sons (i.e., the rest of the Manassites).

Jos 17:7-11

Boundaries and extent of the inheritance of the ten families of Manasseh. - Jos 17:7-10, the southern boundary, which coincides with the northern boundary of Ephraim described in Jos 16:6-8, and is merely given here with greater precision in certain points. It went "from Asher to Michmethah, before Shechem." Asher is not the territory of the tribe of Asher, but a distinct locality; according to the Onom. (s. v. Asher) a place on the high road from Neapolis to Scythopolis, fifteen Roman miles from the former. It is not to be found, however, in the ruins of Tell Um el Aschera (V. de Velde) or Tell Um Ajra (Rob. Bibl. Res. pp. 310, 327), an hour to the south of Beisan, as Knobel supposes, but in the village of Yasir, where there are magnificent ruins, about five hours and ten minutes from Nabulus on the road to Beisan (V. de Velde, Mem. pp. 237, 289; R. ii. p. 295). Michmethah, before Shechem, is still unknown (see Jos 16:6). Shechem was founded by the Hivite prince Shechem (Gen 33:18), and is frequently mentioned in the book of Genesis. It stood between Ebal and Gerizim, was given up by Ephraim to the Levites, and declared a free city (city of refuge: Jos 21:21; Jos 20:7). It was there that the ten tribes effected their separation from Judah Kg1 12:1.), and Jeroboam resided there (Kg1 12:25). In later times it was the chief city of the country of Samaria, and the capital of the Samaritans (Joh 4:5); and the name of Neapolis, or Flavia Neapolis, from which the present Nabulus or Nablus has come, was given to it in honour of Vespasian (see v. Raumer, Pal. pp. 161ff.). From this point the boundary went אל־היּמין (i.e., either "to the right side," the south side, or to Yamin), "To the inhabitants of En-tappuah." Whether Yamin is an appellative or a proper name is doubtful. But even if it be the name of a place, it is quite certain that it cannot be the village of Yamn, an hour to the south-east of Taanuk (Rob. iii. pp. 161, 167, etc.), as this is much too far north, and, judging from Jos 17:11, belonged to the territory of Asher. In the case of En-tappuah, the inhabitants are mentioned instead of the district, because the district belonged to Manasseh, whilst the town on the border of Manasseh was given to the Ephraimites. The situation of the town has not yet been discovered: see at Jos 16:8. From this point the boundary ran down to the Cane-brook (see Jos 16:8), namely to the south side of the brook.

"These towns were assigned to Ephraim in the midst of the towns of Manasseh, and (but) the territory of Manasseh was on the north of the brook." The only possible meaning of these words is the following: From Tappuah, the boundary went down to the Cane-brook and crossed it, so that the south side of the brook really belonged to the territory of Manasseh; nevertheless the towns on this south side were allotted to Ephraim, whilst only the territory to the north of the brook fell to the lot of the Manassites. This is expressed more plainly in Jos 17:10: "To the south (of the brook the land came) to Ephraim, and to the north to Manasseh." In Jos 17:10 the northern and eastern boundaries are only briefly indicated: "And they (the Manassites) touched Asher towards the north, and Issachar towards the east." The reason why this boundary was not described more minutely, was probably because it had not yet been fixed. For (Jos 17:11) Manasseh also received towns and districts in (within the territory of) Issachar and Asher, viz., Beth-shean, etc. Beth-shean, to the wall of which Saul's body was fastened (Sa1 31:10.; Sa2 21:12), was afterwards called Scythopolis. It was in the valley of the Jordan, where the plain of Jezreel slopes off into the valley; its present name is Beisan, a place where there are considerable ruins of great antiquity, about two hours from the Jordan (vid., Seetzen, ii. pp. 162ff.; Rob. iii. p. 174; Bibl. Res. p. 325; v. Raumer, Pal. pp. 150-1). This city, with its daughter towns, was in the territory of Issachar, which was on the east of Manasseh, and may have extended a considerable distance towards the south along the valley of the Jordan, as the territory of Manasseh and Ephraim did not run into the valley of the Jordan; but Asher (Yasir) is mentioned in Jos 17:7 as the most easterly place in Manasseh, and, according to Jos 16:6-7, the eastern boundary of Ephraim ran down along the eastern edge of the mountains as far as Jericho, without including the Jordan valley. At the same time, the Ghor on the western side of the Jordan below Beisan, as far as the plain of Jericho, was of no great value to any tribe, as this district, according to Josephus (de Bell. Jud. iv. 8, 2, and iii. 10, 7), was uninhabited because of its barrenness. The other towns, Ibleam, etc., with the exception of Endor perhaps, were in the territory of Asher, and almost all on the south-west border of the plain of Esdraelon. Ibleam, called Bileam in Ch1 6:55 (70), a Levitical town (see at Jos 21:25), was not very far from Megiddo (Kg2 9:27), and has probably been preserved in the ruins of Khirbet-Belameh, half an hour to the south of Jenin; according to Schultz, it is the same place as Belamon, Belmen, or Belthem (Judith 4:4; 7:3; 8:3). With דאר ואת־ישׁבי the construction changes, so that there is an anacolouthon, which can be explained, however, on the ground that ל היה may not only mean to be assigned to, but also to receive or to have. In this last sense ואת is attached. The inhabitants are mentioned instead of the towns, because the historian had already the thought present in his mind, that the Manassites were unable to exterminate the Canaanites from the towns allotted to them. Dor is the present Tortura (see at Jos 11:2). Endor, the home of the witch (Sa1 28:7), four Roman miles to the south of Tabor (Onom.), at present a village called Endr, on the northern shoulder of the Duhy or Little Hermon (see Rob. iii. p. 225; Bibl. Res. p. 340). Taanach and Megiddo, the present Taanuk and Lejun (see at Jos 12:21). The three last towns, with the places dependent upon them, are connected more closely together by הנּפת שׁלשׁת, the three-hill-country, probably because they formed a common league.

Jos 17:12-13

The Manassites were unable to exterminate the Canaanites from these six towns, and the districts round; but when they grew stronger, they made them tributary slaves (cf. Jos 16:10).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The first born of Joseph - The sense is, though Ephraim was to be more potent and numerous, yet Manasseh was the first - born, and had the privilege of the first - born, which was translated to Joseph, namely, a double portion; and therefore though this was but half the tribe of Manasseh, yet they are not made intimates to Ephraim, but have a distinct lot of their own, as their brethren, or other half tribe had beyond Jordan. For Machir - The only son of Manasseh, who therefore is here, put for the whole tribe. The first - born - So even only sons are sometimes called, as Mat 1:25. He - That is, Machir, had given great proof of his valour (though the particular history be not mentioned) and his posterity were no degenerate sons, but had his valiant blood still running in their veins. Gilead and Bashan - Part of these countries; for part of them was also given to the Reubenites, and part to the Gadites. This may be added as a reason, either, why he got those places from the Amorites: or why they were allotted to him or his posterity, because this was a frontier country, and the out - works to the land of Canaan, and therefore required valiant persons to defend it.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh - It was necessary to mark this because Jacob, in his blessing, (Gen 48:19, Gen 48:20), did in a certain sense set Ephraim before Manasseh, though the latter was the first-born; but the place here shows that this preference did not affect the rights of primogeniture. For Machir - because he was a man of war - It is not likely that Machir himself was now alive; if he were, he must have been nearly 200 years old: It is therefore probable that what is spoken here is spoken of his children, who now possessed the lot that was originally designed for their father, who it appears had signalized himself as a man of skill and valor in some of the former wars, though the circumstances are not marked. His descendants, being of a warlike, intrepid spirit, were well qualified to defend a frontier country, which would be naturally exposed to invasion.

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⁴ Why should the name [08034] of our father [01] be done away [01639] from among [08432] his family [04940], because he hath no son [01121]? Give [05414] unto us therefore a possession [0272] among [08432] the brethren [0251] of our father [01].

¹³ And the rest [03499] of Gilead [01568], and all Bashan [01316], being the kingdom [04467] of Og [05747], gave [05414] I unto the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519]; all the region [02256] of Argob [0709], with all Bashan [01316], which [01931] was called [07121] the land [0776] of giants [07497].
¹⁴ Jair [02971] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519] took [03947] all the country [02256] of Argob [0709] unto the coasts [01366] of Geshuri [01651] and Maachathi [04602]; and called [07121] them after his own name [08034], Bashanhavothjair [01316] [02334], unto this day [03117].
¹⁵ And I gave [05414] Gilead [01568] unto Machir [04353].

⁴¹ And Jair [02971] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519] went [01980] and took [03920] the small towns [02333] thereof, and called [07121] them Havothjair [02334].

¹ Then came [07126] the daughters [01323] of Zelophehad [06765], the son [01121] of Hepher [02660], the son [01121] of Gilead [01568], the son [01121] of Machir [04353], the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519], of the families [04940] of Manasseh [04519] the son [01121] of Joseph [03130]: and these are the names [08034] of his daughters [01323]; Mahlah [04244], Noah [05270], and Hoglah [02295], and Milcah [04435], and Tirzah [08656].

¹⁹ And his father [01] refused [03985], and said [0559], I know [03045] it, my son [01121], I know [03045] it: he also shall become a people [05971], and he also shall be great [01431]: but truly [0199] his younger [06996] brother [0251] shall be greater [01431] than he, and his seed [02233] shall become a multitude [04393] of nations [01471].
²⁰ And he blessed [01288] them that day [03117], saying [0559], In thee shall Israel [03478] bless [01288], saying [0559], God [0430] make [07760] thee as Ephraim [0669] and as Manasseh [04519]: and he set [07760] Ephraim [0669] before [06440] Manasseh [04519].

¹ There was also a lot [01486] for the tribe [04294] of Manasseh [04519]; for he was the firstborn [01060] of Joseph [03130]; to wit, for Machir [04353] the firstborn [01060] of Manasseh [04519], the father [01] of Gilead [01568]: because he was a man [0376] of war [04421], therefore he had Gilead [01568] and Bashan [01316].
² There was also a lot for the rest [03498] of the children [01121] of Manasseh [04519] by their families [04940]; for the children [01121] of Abiezer [044], and for the children [01121] of Helek [02507], and for the children [01121] of Asriel [0844], and for the children [01121] of Shechem [07928], and for the children [01121] of Hepher [02660], and for the children [01121] of Shemida [08061]: these were the male [02145] children [01121] of Manasseh [04519] the son [01121] of Joseph [03130] by their families [04940].
³ But Zelophehad [06765], the son [01121] of Hepher [02660], the son [01121] of Gilead [01568], the son [01121] of Machir [04353], the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519], had no sons [01121], but daughters [01323]: and these are the names [08034] of his daughters [01323], Mahlah [04244], and Noah [05270], Hoglah [02295], Milcah [04435], and Tirzah [08656].
⁴ And they came near [07126] before [06440] Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], and before [06440] Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], and before [06440] the princes [05387], saying [0559], The LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872] to give [05414] us an inheritance [05159] among [08432] our brethren [0251]. Therefore according to the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068] he gave [05414] them an inheritance [05159] among [08432] the brethren [0251] of their father [01].
⁵ And there fell [05307] ten [06235] portions [02256] to Manasseh [04519], beside the land [0776] of Gilead [01568] and Bashan [01316], which were on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383];
⁶ Because the daughters [01323] of Manasseh [04519] had [05157] an inheritance [05159] among [08432] his sons [01121]: and the rest [03498] of Manasseh's [04519] sons [01121] had the land [0776] of Gilead [01568].

¹⁷ But he shall acknowledge [05234] the son [01121] of the hated [08130] for the firstborn [01060], by giving [05414] him a double [08147] portion [06310] of all that he hath [04672]: for he is the beginning [07225] of his strength [0202]; the right [04941] of the firstborn [01062] is his.

²⁰ And he blessed [01288] them that day [03117], saying [0559], In thee shall Israel [03478] bless [01288], saying [0559], God [0430] make [07760] thee as Ephraim [0669] and as Manasseh [04519]: and he set [07760] Ephraim [0669] before [06440] Manasseh [04519].

¹⁰ And they drave not out [03423] the Canaanites [03669] that dwelt [03427] in Gezer [01507]: but the Canaanites [03669] dwell [03427] among [07130] the Ephraimites [0669] unto this day [03117], and serve [05647] under tribute [04522].

¹² Yet the children [01121] of Manasseh [04519] could [03201] not drive out [03423] the inhabitants of those cities [05892]; but the Canaanites [03669] would [02974] dwell [03427] in that land [0776].
¹³ Yet it came to pass, when the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were waxen strong [02388], that they put [05414] the Canaanites [03669] to tribute [04522]; but did not utterly [03423] drive them out [03423].

²¹ The king [04428] of Taanach [08590], one [0259]; the king [04428] of Megiddo [04023], one [0259];

⁷ Then said [0559] Saul [07586] unto his servants [05650], Seek [01245] me a woman [0802] that hath [01172] a familiar spirit [0178], that I may go [03212] to her, and enquire [01875] of her. And his servants [05650] said [0559] to him, Behold, there is a woman [0802] that hath [01172] a familiar spirit [0178] at Endor [05874].

² And to the kings [04428] that were on the north [06828] of the mountains [02022], and of the plains [06160] south [05045] of Chinneroth [03672], and in the valley [08219], and in the borders [05299] of Dor [01756] on the west [03220],

²⁷ But when Ahaziah [0274] the king [04428] of Judah [03063] saw [07200] this, he fled [05127] by the way [01870] of the garden [01588] house [01004]. And Jehu [03058] followed [07291] after [0310] him, and said [0559], Smite [05221] him also in the chariot [04818]. And they did so at the going up [04608] to Gur [01483], which is by Ibleam [02991]. And he fled [05127] to Megiddo [04023], and died [04191] there.

²⁵ And out of the half [04276] tribe [04294] of Manasseh [04519], Tanach [08590] with her suburbs [04054], and Gathrimmon [01667] with her suburbs [04054]; two [08147] cities [05892].

⁵⁵ And they gave [05414] them Hebron [02275] in the land [0776] of Judah [03063], and the suburbs [04054] thereof round about [05439] it.

¹² And David [01732] went [03212] and took [03947] the bones [06106] of Saul [07586] and the bones [06106] of Jonathan [03083] his son [01121] from the men [01167] of Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568], which had stolen [01589] them from the street [07339] of Bethshan [01052], where the Philistines [06430] had hanged [08511] [08518] them, when [03117] the Philistines [06430] had slain [05221] Saul [07586] in Gilboa [01533]:

¹⁰ And they put [07760] his armour [03627] in the house [01004] of Ashtaroth [06252] [01045]: and they fastened [08628] his body [01472] to the wall [02346] of Bethshan [01052].

¹¹ And Manasseh [04519] had in Issachar [03485] and in Asher [0836] Bethshean [01052] and her towns [01323], and Ibleam [02991] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Dor [01756] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Endor [05874] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Taanach [08590] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Megiddo [04023] and her towns [01323], even three [07969] countries [05316].

¹⁰ Southward [05045] it was Ephraim's [0669], and northward [06828] it was Manasseh's [04519], and the sea [03220] is his border [01366]; and they met together [06293] in Asher [0836] on the north [06828], and in Issachar [03485] on the east [04217].

⁸ The border [01366] went out [03212] from Tappuah [08599] westward [03220] unto the river [05158] Kanah [07071]; and the goings out [08444] thereof were at the sea [03220]. This is the inheritance [05159] of the tribe [04294] of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669] by their families [04940].

⁵ Then [3767] cometh he [2064] to [1519] a city [4172] of Samaria [4540], which is called [3004] Sychar [4965], near [4139] to the parcel of ground [5564] that [3739] Jacob [2384] gave [1325] to his [846] son [5207] Joseph [2501].

²⁵ Then Jeroboam [03379] built [01129] Shechem [07927] in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and dwelt [03427] therein; and went out [03318] from thence, and built [01129] Penuel [06439].

¹ And Rehoboam [07346] went [03212] to Shechem [07927]: for all Israel [03478] were come [0935] to Shechem [07927] to make him king [04427].

⁷ And they appointed [06942] Kedesh [06943] in Galilee [01551] in mount [02022] Naphtali [05321], and Shechem [07927] in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], and Kirjatharba [07153], which is Hebron [02275], in the mountain [02022] of Judah [03063].

²¹ For they gave [05414] them Shechem [07927] with her suburbs [04054] in mount [02022] Ephraim [0669], to be a city [05892] of refuge [04733] for the slayer [07523]; and Gezer [01507] with her suburbs [04054],

¹⁸ And Jacob [03290] came [0935] to Shalem [08004], a city [05892] of Shechem [07927], which is in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], when he came [0935] from Padanaram [06307]; and pitched his tent [02583] before [06440] the city [05892].

⁶ And the border [01366] went out [03318] toward the sea [03220] to Michmethah [04366] on the north side [06828]; and the border [01366] went about [05437] eastward [04217] unto Taanathshiloh [08387], and passed [05674] by it on the east [04217] to Janohah [03239];
⁷ And it went down [03381] from Janohah [03239] to Ataroth [05852], and to Naarath [05292], and came [06293] to Jericho [03405], and went out [03318] at Jordan [03383].
⁸ The border [01366] went out [03212] from Tappuah [08599] westward [03220] unto the river [05158] Kanah [07071]; and the goings out [08444] thereof were at the sea [03220]. This is the inheritance [05159] of the tribe [04294] of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669] by their families [04940].

⁷ And the coast [01366] of Manasseh [04519] was from Asher [0836] to Michmethah [04366], that lieth before [06440] Shechem [07927]; and the border [01366] went along [01980] on the right hand [03225] unto the inhabitants [03427] of Entappuah [05887].
⁸ Now Manasseh [04519] had the land [0776] of Tappuah [08599]: but Tappuah [08599] on the border [01366] of Manasseh [04519] belonged to the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669];
⁹ And the coast [01366] descended [03381] unto the river [05158] Kanah [07071], southward [05045] of the river [05158]: these cities [05892] of Ephraim [0669] are among [08432] the cities [05892] of Manasseh [04519]: the coast [01366] of Manasseh [04519] also was on the north side [06828] of the river [05158], and the outgoings [08444] of it were at the sea [03220]:
¹⁰ Southward [05045] it was Ephraim's [0669], and northward [06828] it was Manasseh's [04519], and the sea [03220] is his border [01366]; and they met together [06293] in Asher [0836] on the north [06828], and in Issachar [03485] on the east [04217].
¹¹ And Manasseh [04519] had in Issachar [03485] and in Asher [0836] Bethshean [01052] and her towns [01323], and Ibleam [02991] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Dor [01756] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Endor [05874] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Taanach [08590] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Megiddo [04023] and her towns [01323], even three [07969] countries [05316].

⁶ Because the daughters [01323] of Manasseh [04519] had [05157] an inheritance [05159] among [08432] his sons [01121]: and the rest [03498] of Manasseh's [04519] sons [01121] had the land [0776] of Gilead [01568].

⁵ And there fell [05307] ten [06235] portions [02256] to Manasseh [04519], beside the land [0776] of Gilead [01568] and Bashan [01316], which were on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383];

² And they stood [05975] before [06440] Moses [04872], and before [06440] Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], and before [06440] the princes [05387] and all the congregation [05712], by the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], saying [0559],

¹⁰ Even as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872], so did [06213] the daughters [01323] of Zelophehad [06765]:

³³ And Zelophehad [06765] the son [01121] of Hepher [02660] had no sons [01121], but daughters [01323]: and the names [08034] of the daughters [01323] of Zelophehad [06765] were Mahlah [04244], and Noah [05270], Hoglah [02295], Milcah [04435], and Tirzah [08656].

² There was also a lot for the rest [03498] of the children [01121] of Manasseh [04519] by their families [04940]; for the children [01121] of Abiezer [044], and for the children [01121] of Helek [02507], and for the children [01121] of Asriel [0844], and for the children [01121] of Shechem [07928], and for the children [01121] of Hepher [02660], and for the children [01121] of Shemida [08061]: these were the male [02145] children [01121] of Manasseh [04519] the son [01121] of Joseph [03130] by their families [04940].

³ But Zelophehad [06765], the son [01121] of Hepher [02660], the son [01121] of Gilead [01568], the son [01121] of Machir [04353], the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519], had no sons [01121], but daughters [01323]: and these are the names [08034] of his daughters [01323], Mahlah [04244], and Noah [05270], Hoglah [02295], Milcah [04435], and Tirzah [08656].
⁴ And they came near [07126] before [06440] Eleazar [0499] the priest [03548], and before [06440] Joshua [03091] the son [01121] of Nun [05126], and before [06440] the princes [05387], saying [0559], The LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872] to give [05414] us an inheritance [05159] among [08432] our brethren [0251]. Therefore according to the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068] he gave [05414] them an inheritance [05159] among [08432] the brethren [0251] of their father [01].
⁵ And there fell [05307] ten [06235] portions [02256] to Manasseh [04519], beside the land [0776] of Gilead [01568] and Bashan [01316], which were on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383];
⁶ Because the daughters [01323] of Manasseh [04519] had [05157] an inheritance [05159] among [08432] his sons [01121]: and the rest [03498] of Manasseh's [04519] sons [01121] had the land [0776] of Gilead [01568].

³⁰ These are the sons [01121] of Gilead [01568]: of Jeezer [0372], the family [04940] of the Jeezerites [0373]: of Helek [02507], the family [04940] of the Helekites [02516]:
³¹ And of Asriel [0844], the family [04940] of the Asrielites [0845]: and of Shechem [07928], the family [04940] of the Shechemites [07930]:
³² And of Shemida [08061], the family [04940] of the Shemidaites [08062]: and of Hepher [02660], the family [04940] of the Hepherites [02662].

¹⁰ All the cities [05892] of the plain [04334], and all Gilead [01568], and all Bashan [01316], unto Salchah [05548] and Edrei [0154], cities [05892] of the kingdom [04467] of Og [05747] in Bashan [01316].

⁴⁰ And Moses [04872] gave [05414] Gilead [01568] unto Machir [04353] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519]; and he dwelt [03427] therein.

³¹ And half [02677] Gilead [01568], and Ashtaroth [06252], and Edrei [0154], cities [05892] of the kingdom [04468] of Og [05747] in Bashan [01316], were pertaining unto the children [01121] of Machir [04353] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519], even to the one half [02677] of the children [01121] of Machir [04353] by their families [04940].

¹¹ And Gilead [01568], and the border [01366] of the Geshurites [01651] and Maachathites [04602], and all mount [02022] Hermon [02768], and all Bashan [01316] unto Salcah [05548];

⁵ And there fell [05307] ten [06235] portions [02256] to Manasseh [04519], beside the land [0776] of Gilead [01568] and Bashan [01316], which were on the other side [05676] Jordan [03383];

¹⁷ And the sons [01121] of Ulam [0198]; Bedan [0917]. These were the sons [01121] of Gilead [01568], the son [01121] of Machir [04353], the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519].

¹ And the chief [07218] fathers [01] of the families [04940] of the children [01121] of Gilead [01568], the son [01121] of Machir [04353], the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519], of the families [04940] of the sons [01121] of Joseph [03130], came near [07126], and spake [01696] before [06440] Moses [04872], and before [06440] the princes [05387], the chief [07218] fathers [01] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478]:

²⁹ Of the sons [01121] of Manasseh [04519]: of Machir [04353], the family [04940] of the Machirites [04354]: and Machir [04353] begat [03205] Gilead [01568]: of Gilead [01568] come the family [04940] of the Gileadites [01569].
³⁰ These are the sons [01121] of Gilead [01568]: of Jeezer [0372], the family [04940] of the Jeezerites [0373]: of Helek [02507], the family [04940] of the Helekites [02516]:

²⁵ And [2532] knew [1097] her [846] not [3756] till [2193] [3739] she had brought forth [5088] her [846] firstborn [4416] son [5207]: and [2532] he called [2564] his [846] name [3686] JESUS [2424].