[ Joshua Chapter 17 ]
1 There 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.
2 There 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.
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.
4 And 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.
5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan,
which were on the other side Jordan,
6 Because 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
Entappuah.
8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh
belonged to the children of Ephraim,
9 And 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:
10 Southward 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.
11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean 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.
12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those
cities, but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
13 Yet 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.
14 And 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?
15 And 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.
16 And 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 Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
17 And 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:
18 But 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.
[ Joshua Chapter 18 ]
1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at
Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was
subdued before them.
2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not
yet received their inheritance.
3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to
possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?
4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and
they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the
inheritance of them, and they shall come again to me.
5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on
the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the
description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our
God.
7 But the Levites have no part among you, for the priesthood of the LORD is
their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have
received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of
the LORD gave them.
8 And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to
describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and
come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh.
9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into
seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
10 And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua
divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11 And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to
their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of
Judah and the children of Joseph.
12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan, and the border went up to
the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains
westward, and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.
13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is
Bethel, southward, and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that
lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
14 And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea
southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward, and the goings
out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children
of Judah: this was the west quarter.
15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went
out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the
valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the
north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the
south, and descended to Enrogel,
17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth
toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to
the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,
18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down
unto Arabah:
19 And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the
outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end
of Jordan: this was the south coast.
20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of
the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their
families.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their
families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
23 And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
24 And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba, twelve cities with their villages:
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah,
28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath,
fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of
Benjamin according to their families.
[ Joshua Chapter 19 ]
1 And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of
Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the
inheritance of the children of Judah.
2 And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
3 And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,
4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
5 And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,
6 And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen, thirteen cities and their villages:
7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan, four cities and their villages:
8 And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath
of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon
according to their families.
9 Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the
children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them:
therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of
them.
10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their
families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
11 And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to
Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam,
12 And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of
Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
13 And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin,
and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah,
14 And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the
outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:
15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve
cities with their villages.
16 This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their
families, these cities with their villages.
17 And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar
according to their families.
18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,
20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,
21 And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez,
22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh, and the
outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.
23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to
their families, the cities and their villages.
24 And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according
to their families.
25 And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,
26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal, and reacheth to Carmel westward, and
to Shihorlibnath,
27 And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and
to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and
goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,
28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon,
29 And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre, and the
coast turneth to Hosah, and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast
to Achzib:
30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
31 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to
their families, these cities with their villages.
32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of
Naphtali according to their families.
33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb,
and Jabneel, unto Lakum, and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
34 And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence
to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on
the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
35 And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,
37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,
38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh, nineteen
cities with their villages.
39 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to
their families, the cities and their villages.
40 And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according
to their families.
41 And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,
42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
45 And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,
46 And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore
the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it
with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called
Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to
their families, these cities with their villages.
49 When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their
coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun
among them:
50 According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even
Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.
51 These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of
Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel,
divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.