1This 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 he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

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Genesis 41:51, Numbers 26:29, Genesis 41:51, Numbers 26:29, Genesis 50:23

2So 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 children of Asriel, for the children of Shechem, for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

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1 Chronicles 7:18, Numbers 26:29, Numbers 26:32, 1 Chronicles 7:18, Numbers 26:29

3But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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Numbers 26:33, Numbers 27:1, Numbers 26:33, Numbers 27:1, Numbers 36:2

4They came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, 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 the brothers of their father.

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Galatians 3:28, Numbers 27:5, Numbers 27:7, Joshua 14:1, Galatians 3:28

5Ten parts fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;

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Joshua 17:14, Numbers 32:30, Numbers 32:42, Joshua 13:29, Joshua 13:31

6because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

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7The 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 Tappuah.

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Joshua 21:21, Joshua 21:21, Genesis 34:2, 1 Chronicles 6:67, Joshua 16:6

8The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim.

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Joshua 16:8, Joshua 16:8, Joshua 15:34, Joshua 12:17, Joshua 15:53

9The 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 Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and ended at the sea.

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Joshua 16:8, Joshua 16:9, Joshua 19:29, Joshua 16:3, Joshua 16:8

10Southward 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 east.

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11Manasseh 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 inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns.

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1 Chronicles 7:29, 1 Chronicles 7:29, Judges 5:19, Judges 1:27, 2 Kings 9:27

12Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

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Exodus 23:29, Exodus 23:33, Judges 1:27, Judges 1:28, Exodus 23:29

13It happened, when the children of Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.

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Joshua 16:10, Joshua 16:10, Philippians 4:13, Philippians 4:13, 2 Samuel 3:1

14The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance, since I am a great people, because the Lord has blessed me so far?"

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Genesis 48:19, Genesis 48:22, Numbers 26:34, Numbers 26:37, Genesis 48:19

15Joshua said to them, "If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and clear land for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you."

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Genesis 14:5, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 13:7, Ezra 9:1

16The 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, both those who are in Beth Shean and its towns, and those who are in the valley of Jezreel."

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Judges 4:3, 1 Kings 4:12, Judges 1:19, Judges 4:3, 1 Kings 4:12

17Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, "You are a great people, and have great power. You shall not have one lot only;

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18but 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 the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong."

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Hebrews 13:6, Hebrews 13:6, Romans 8:31, Romans 8:31, Numbers 14:6