Josva 17 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

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Manasses arvelod

1 Også efterkommerne af Manasse, Josefs ældste søn, fik ved lodtrækning tildelt jord. (Makir-slægten, der var efterkommere af Manasses ældste søn Makir, der blev far til Gilead, havde allerede fået tildelt Gilead og Bashan øst for Jordanfloden. De var dygtige krigere.) 2 Manasses stammes øvrige slægter, det vil sige Abiezers, Heleks, Asriels, Sikems, Shemidas og Hefers slægter, fik tildelt et område vest for Jordanfloden. 3 Hefers søn Zelofhad^[1] havde imidlertid ingen sønner—kun døtrene Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milka og Tirtza. 4 Disse fem kvinder kom til præsten Eleazar og Josva og til de israelitiske ledere og sagde: „Herren gav Moses besked på, at vi skulle arve på lige fod med mændene i vores stamme.” 5-6 Derfor gav Josva de fem kvinder land på lige fod med deres mandlige slægtninge, sådan som Herren havde befalet gennem Moses. Manasses område vest for Jordanfloden blev opdelt i ti områder, fordi kvinderne i Manasses stamme også fik jord. Resten af stammen fik jord i Gilead. 7 Manasses område gik fra Ashers grænse til Mikmetat tæt ved Sikem. Fra Mikmetat gik grænsen sydpå til dem, der boede ved Tappuachs kilde. 8 Landet omkring Tappuach tilfaldt Manasse, men selve byen på grænsen mellem Manasse og Efraim tilfaldt Efraim. 9 Fra Tappuachs kilde fulgte grænsen nordsiden af Kana-kløften ud til Middelhavet. Nogle af byerne i Manasses område tilfaldt Efraim. 10 Sydsiden af Kana-kløften tilhørte Efraims territorium, og nordsiden tilhørte Manasses. Mod vest grænsede Manasses område op til Middelhavet, mod nordvest til Ashers territorium, og mod nordøst til Issakars territorium. 11 Manasses halve stamme fik desuden nogle byer med tilhørende landsbyer i Issakars og Ashers territorier: Bet-Shan, Jibleam, Dor, En-Dor, Ta’anak og Megiddo. (Den tredje af disse lå ved kysten.)^[2] 12 Men det lykkedes ikke Manasses stamme at fordrive de oprindelige indbyggere i disse byer, og derfor bor kana’anæerne der den dag i dag. 13 Dog lykkedes det med tiden israelitterne at undertvinge kana’anæerne og gøre dem til slaver. 14 Josefs efterkommere kom nu til Josva og sagde: „Hvorfor har du ikke givet os et større territorium, når Herren har gjort os så talrige?” 15 „Hvis der ikke er plads nok til jer i Efraims højland,” svarede Josva, „må I selv rydde skoven og indtage det område, hvor perizzitterne og refaitterne bor.” 16 „Nej, højlandet er ikke stort nok til os,” sagde Josefs efterkommere, „men kana’anæerne i lavlandet omkring Bet-Shan og i Jizre’eldalen kan vi ikke drive væk, for de har jernvogne.” 17-18 „Tag bare skovområdet på bjergskråningerne,” svarede Josva. „I er en stor og stærk stamme, så det skal nok lykkes for jer. Og jeg er sikker på, at I også kan jage kana’anæerne bort fra lavlandet, selv om de er stærke og har jernvogne.”

King James Version

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' 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', and northward it was Manasseh', 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.