Quotes about Manasseh
So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.
- Joshua 16:4
along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.
- Joshua 16:9
Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
- Joshua 17:1
So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.
- Joshua 17:2
But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Joshua 17:3
Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan,
- Joshua 17:5
because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
- Joshua 17:6
Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
- Joshua 17:7
From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.
- Joshua 17:9
Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
- Joshua 17:10
Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- Joshua 17:11
But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
- Joshua 17:12