1There 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. 2There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.17.2 Abiezer: also called, Jeezer
3¶ But 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, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4And they 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 brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. 5And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; 6Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.
7¶ And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. 8Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; 9And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:17.9 river Kanah: or, brook of reeds 10Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. 11And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. 12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 13Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
14And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? 15And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.17.15 giants: or, Rephaims 16And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. 17And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: 18But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
1以下是約瑟的長子瑪拿西支派分到的土地：瑪拿西的長子、基列的父親瑪吉是個戰士，因此分到了基列和巴珊兩地。 2瑪拿西其他的子孫也按宗族分到了土地，他們屬於亞比以謝、希勒、亞斯列、示劍、希弗和示米大宗族。這些男子按宗族都是約瑟的兒子瑪拿西的後代。 3瑪拿西的玄孫、瑪吉的曾孫、基列的孫子、希弗的兒子西羅非哈沒有兒子，只有五個女兒，名叫瑪拉、挪阿、曷拉、密迦、得撒。 4她們來見祭司以利亞撒、嫩的兒子約書亞和各首領，說：「耶和華曾經吩咐摩西在我們親族中分給我們產業。」約書亞便照耶和華的吩咐，讓她們在叔伯中也分到產業。 5除了約旦河東的基列和巴珊兩地以外，瑪拿西人還分到十塊土地， 6因為在瑪拿西的後代中，女性也分到了產業。瑪拿西其他的子孫分到基列地區。
7瑪拿西支派分到的產業從亞設開始，到示劍東面的密米他，再向南到隱·他普亞人居住的地方。 8他普亞地屬於瑪拿西，但在瑪拿西邊界上的他普亞城屬於以法蓮的子孫。 9邊界繼續向南到加拿河，在河南側瑪拿西境內的城邑都歸以法蓮。瑪拿西的邊界沿著加拿河北側直到地中海。 10這樣，南面歸以法蓮，北面歸瑪拿西，西部邊界是地中海，北接亞設，東鄰以薩迦。 11在以薩迦和亞設境內，瑪拿西擁有伯·善、以伯蓮、多珥、隱·多珥、他納和米吉多及其附近的鄉村。 12可是，瑪拿西人沒能把這些城邑的迦南人趕走，因為他們執意不肯離開。 13當以色列人國勢強盛的時候，就讓迦南人服勞役，但始終沒有把他們完全趕走。
14約瑟的子孫對約書亞說：「耶和華賜福給我們，使我們人口眾多，為什麼你只讓我們抽一支籤，分一份產業呢？」 15約書亞對他們說：「如果你們人口眾多，認為以法蓮山區窄小，你們可以到比利洗人和利乏音人居住的地方開闢林區。」 16他們答道：「那些地方不夠我們住，何況住在伯·善一帶和耶斯列平原的迦南人都有鐵戰車。」 17約書亞對約瑟的子孫以法蓮人和瑪拿西人說：「你們人口眾多，勢力強大，不應只得一籤之地， 18山區也要分給你們，雖然全是森林，但可以開闢土地，使整個地區歸你們。雖然迦南人強盛，有鐵戰車，但你們能夠趕走他們。」
