Joshua 17:1-12

1Now this was the lot for the tribe of 1Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, 2were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war. 2So the lot was made for the rest of the sons of Manasseh according to their families: for the sons of Abiezer, the sons of Helek, the sons of Asriel, the sons of Shechem, the sons of Hepher, and the sons of Shemida; these were the male 3descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

3However, 4Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua the son of Nun, and the leaders, saying, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So 5in accordance with the 6command of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers. 5So ten portions fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan, 6because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the 7land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

7The border of Manasseh 8ran from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border went 9southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but 10Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim. 9And the 11border went down to the 12brook of Kanah, southward of the 13brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the 14brook, and 15it ended at the sea. 10The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was 16their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east. 11In Issachar and in Asher, 17Manasseh had Beth-shean and its towns and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; the third is 18Napheth. 1219But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in this land.