1 ¶ Allotment was also made for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.

2 There was also an allotment for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, for the children of Helek, for the children of Asriel, for the children of Shechem, 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 only daughters, no sons: and his daughters were named, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

4 And they came 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 with our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.

5 So ten portions fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, that were on the other side of the Jordan;

6 Because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance with his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.

7 ¶ And the border of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethah, east of Shechem; and the border went along southward to the inhabitants of Entappuah.

8 Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but the town of Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;

9 From there the border went down to the river Kanah, the cities south of the river, among the cities of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim: then border of Manasseh went on north of the river, and ended at the sea:

10 To the south it was Ephraim’s, and to the north it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is the border; and they reached Asher on the north, and Issachar on the east.

11 Within Issachar and Asher Manasseh had Bethshean with its towns, and Ibleam with its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor with its towns, and the inhabitants of Endor with its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach with its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo with its towns, even three countries.

12 Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites continued to dwell in that land.

13 Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but did not utterly drive them out.

14 ¶ And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given us only one lot and one portion as an inheritance, when we are a great people, for until now the LORD has blessed us?

15 And Joshua answered them, If you are a great people, then go to the forest, and clear an area for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, if Ephraim’s hill country is too small for you.

16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both those of Bethshean and her towns, and those in the valley of Jezreel.

17 And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power: you shall not have only one lot:

18 But the hill country shall be yours; though it is a forest, you shall cut it down: and its outlying areas shall be yours: for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and are strong.