Joshua 17:1

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The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan.

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  • Gen 41:51 : 51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying,“Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”
  • Num 26:29 : 29 The Manassehites: from Machir, the family of the Machirites(now Machir became the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
  • Gen 46:20 : 20 Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore them to him.
  • Gen 50:23 : 23 Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph.
  • Gen 48:18 : 18 Joseph said to his father,“Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”
  • Num 32:39-40 : 39 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. 40 So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, son of Manasseh, and he lived there.
  • Deut 3:13-15 : 13 The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh.(All the region of Argob, that is, all Bashan, is called the land of Rephaim. 14 Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites and Maacathites(namely Bashan) and called it by his name, Havvoth Jair, which it retains to this very day.) 15 I gave Gilead to Machir.
  • Deut 21:17 : 17 Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less loved wife as firstborn and give him the double portion of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father’s procreative power– to him should go the right of the firstborn.
  • Judg 5:14 : 14 They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek, they follow after you, Benjamin, with your soldiers. From Makir leaders came down, from Zebulun came the ones who march carrying an officer’s staff.
  • 1 Chr 2:23 : 23 (Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
  • 1 Chr 7:14-15 : 14 Manasseh’s Descendants The sons of Manasseh:Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 15 Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites.(His sister’s name was Maacah.)Zelophehad was Manasseh’s second son; he had only daughters.
  • Num 27:1 : 1 Special Inheritance Laws Then the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph came forward. Now these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
  • Num 32:33 : 33 Land Assignment So Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the realm of King Sihon of the Amorites, and the realm of King Og of Bashan, the entire land with its cities and the territory surrounding them.

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  • Josh 17:2
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    2The rest of Manasseh’s descendants were also assigned land by their clans, including the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.

  • Josh 17:4-8
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    4They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said,“The LORD told Moses to assign us land among our relatives.” So Joshua assigned them land among their uncles, as the LORD had commanded.

    5Manasseh was allotted ten shares of land, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,

    6for the daughters of Manasseh were assigned land among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.

    7The border of Manasseh went from Asher to Micmethath which is near Shechem. It then went south toward those who live by En Tappuah.

    8(The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)

  • Num 26:28-29
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    28Manasseh The descendants of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.

    29The Manassehites: from Machir, the family of the Machirites(now Machir became the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

  • Josh 13:31
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    31Half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities in the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were assigned to the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh, to half the descendants of Makir by their clans.

  • Josh 13:29
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    29Moses assigned land to the half-tribe of Manasseh by its clans.

  • Josh 16:4
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    4Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land.

  • 1 Chr 7:17
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    17The son of Ulam:Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh.

  • Josh 17:16-17
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    16The descendants of Joseph said,“The whole hill country is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.”

    17Joshua said to the family of Joseph– to both Ephraim and Manasseh:“You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment.

  • Num 32:39-40
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    39The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

    40So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, son of Manasseh, and he lived there.

  • Num 1:34-35
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    73%

    34From the descendants of Manasseh: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name.

    35Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.

  • 1 Chr 7:14
    73%

    14Manasseh’s Descendants The sons of Manasseh:Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.

  • Num 36:1
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    1Women and Land Inheritance Then the heads of the family groups of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families.

  • 1 Chr 7:29
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    29On the border of Manasseh’s territory were Beth Shean and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel’s son, lived here.

  • Josh 17:14
    72%

    14The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua,“Why have you assigned us only one tribal allotment? After all, we have many people, for until now the LORD has enabled us to increase in number.”

  • Josh 17:11-12
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    72%

    11Within Issachar’s and Asher’s territory Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, the residents of En Dor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo, the three of Napheth, and the towns surrounding all these cities.

    12But the men of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed to remain in those areas.

  • Josh 14:4
    72%

    4The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions.

  • Josh 13:7
    72%

    7Now, divide up this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh.”

  • Deut 3:13-15
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    13The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh.(All the region of Argob, that is, all Bashan, is called the land of Rephaim.

    14Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites and Maacathites(namely Bashan) and called it by his name, Havvoth Jair, which it retains to this very day.)

    15I gave Gilead to Machir.

  • Ezek 48:4-5
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    4Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west side, Manasseh will have one portion.

    5Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west side, Ephraim will have one portion.

  • Num 2:20
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    20Next to them will be the tribe of Manasseh. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

  • Josh 22:7
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    7(Now to one half-tribe of Manasseh, Moses had assigned land in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua had assigned land on the west side of the Jordan with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, he rewarded them,

  • Num 1:10
    71%

    10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

  • Josh 18:11
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    11Benjamin’s Tribal Lands The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph.

  • Num 34:14
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    14because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.

  • Josh 16:1
    70%

    1Joseph’s Tribal Lands The land allotted to Joseph’s descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.

  • 1 Chr 6:71
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    71The following belonged to Gershom’s descendants: Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands.

  • 1 Chr 5:23
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    23The Half-Tribe of Manasseh The half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan as far as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They grew in number.

  • 1 Chr 5:2
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    2Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)

  • Gen 41:51
    69%

    51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying,“Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s house.”

  • Gen 48:13-14
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    13Joseph positioned them; he put Ephraim on his right hand across from Israel’s left hand, and Manasseh on his left hand across from Israel’s right hand. Then Joseph brought them closer to his father.

    14Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim’s head, although he was the younger. Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, for Manasseh was the firstborn.

  • 1 Chr 6:61
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    61The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  • Num 13:11
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    11from the tribe of Joseph, namely, the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi;

  • Deut 29:8
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    8Then we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 20:8
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    8Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho they selected Bezer in the wilderness on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh.

  • Josh 16:9
    68%

    9Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh’s territory, along with their towns.

  • Num 26:34
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    34These were the families of Manasseh; those numbered of them were 52,700.