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 he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. Gen 41:51Num 26:29Gen 46:20Gen 50:23Gen 48:18Num 32:39-401Ch 2:231Ch 7:14-15 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 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. 1Ch 7:18Num 26:29-32Jdg 6:11Jdg 8:2 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 daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Num 26:33Num 27:1Num 36:2-11 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 our brothers.” Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father. Jos 14:1Gal 3:28Num 27:5-7Num 34:17-29 Ten parts fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; Jos 13:29-31Jos 17:14Jos 17:2-3Num 32:30-42 because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh. 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 Tappuah. Jos 21:211Ch 6:671Ki 12:11Ki 12:25Gen 34:2Gen 37:12Gen 37:14Jdg 9:1 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim. Jos 16:8Jos 12:17Jos 15:34Jos 15:53 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 Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and ended at the sea. Jos 16:3Jos 16:8-9Jos 19:29 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 east. 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 inhabitants of Endor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns. 1Ch 7:292Ki 9:27Jdg 1:27Jdg 5:19Jos 12:231Ki 4:11-121Ki 9:151Sa 28:7 Yet the children of Manasseh couldn’t drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. Exo 23:29-33Jdg 1:27-28Jos 15:63Jos 16:10Num 33:52-56Rom 6:12-14
When the children of Israel had grown strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and didn’t utterly drive them out. Jos 16:10Php 4:132Ch 8:7-82Pe 3:182Sa 3:1Deu 20:11-18Eph 6:10Jdg 1:28 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, because the LORD has blessed us so far?” Gen 48:19Gen 48:22Num 26:34-37Deu 33:13-17Gen 49:22-26
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 Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.” Gen 13:7Gen 14:52Sa 5:182Sa 5:22Exo 33:2Ezr 9:1Gen 15:20Luk 12:48
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, both those who are in Beth Shean and its towns, and those who are in the valley of Jezreel.” 1Ki 4:12Jdg 1:19Jdg 4:3Jdg 6:33Jos 17:181Ki 18:461Ki 21:11Ki 21:23
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 one lot only; 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 the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.” Heb 13:6Rom 8:31Deu 20:1-4Isa 41:10-16Num 14:6-9Rom 8:37Isa 51:12-13Jos 15:9