Joshua 17:1–11

This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh^g as Joseph’s firstborn,^h that is, for Makir,ⁱ Manasseh’s firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead^j and Bashan^k because the Makirites were great soldiers. ²So this allotment was for the rest of the people of Manasseh^l—the clans of Abiezer,^m Helek, Asriel,ⁿ Shechem, Hepher^o and Shemida.^p These are the other male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.

³Now Zelophehad son of Hepher,^q the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons but only daughters,^r whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. ⁴They went to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our relatives.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance along with the brothers of their father, according to the Lord’s command.^{s 5}Manasseh’s share consisted of ten tracts of land besides Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,^{t 6}because the daughters of the tribe of Manasseh received an inheritance among the sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.

⁷The territory of Manasseh extended from Asher^u to Mikmethath^v east of Shechem.^w The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah. ⁸(Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah^x itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.) ⁹Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine.^y There were towns belonging to Ephraim lying among the towns of Manasseh, but the boundary of Manasseh was the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. ¹⁰On the south the land belonged to Ephraim, on the north to Manasseh. The territory of Manasseh reached the Mediterranean Sea and bordered Asher^z on the north and Issachar^a on the east.^b

¹¹Within Issachar^c and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan,^d Ibleam^e and the people of Dor,^f Endor,^g Taanach^h and Megiddo,ⁱ together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth^a).^j