1This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn, that is, for Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because the Makirites were great soldiers. 2So this allotment was for the rest of the people of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.
3Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons but only daughters, 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. 5Manasseh’s share consisted of ten tracts of land besides Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan, 6because 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 to Mikmethath east of Shechem. The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah. 8(Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.) 9Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine. 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 on the north and Issachar on the east.
11Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan, Ibleam and the people of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth17:11 That is, Naphoth Dor).
12Yet the Manassites were not able to occupy these towns, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that region. 13However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not drive them out completely.
14The people of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the Lord has blessed us abundantly.”
15“If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.”
16The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots fitted with iron, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”
17But Joshua said to the tribes of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You are numerous and very powerful. You will have not only one allotment 18but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”
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瑪拿西其他子孫也按宗族分到了土地，他們屬於亞比以謝、希勒、亞斯烈、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。瑪拿西其他子孫分到基列地區。
7瑪拿西支派分到的土地從亞設開始，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：「你們如果人口眾多，認為以法蓮山區窄小，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：「那些山區不夠我們住，況且住在伯·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，但你們必能趕走他們。」
