Joshua 17 | New International Reader’s Version

New International Reader’s Version

1 Land was given to the tribe of Manasseh. It was given to Makir. Manasseh was Joseph’s eldest son. Makir was Manasseh’s eldest son. The people of Gilead came from the family line of Makir. The people of Gilead had received the lands of Gilead and Bashan. That’s because the people of Makir were great soldiers. 2 So land was given to the rest of the people of Manasseh. It was given to the family groups of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher and Shemida. They were the other men in the family line of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. Those were their names by their family groups. 3 Makir was the son of Manasseh. Gilead was the son of Makir. Hepher was the son of Gilead. And Zelophehad was the son of Hepher. Zelophehad didn’t have any sons. He only had daughters. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. 4 The daughters of Zelophehad went to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun. They also went to the other leaders. They said, ‘The LORD commanded Moses to give us our share of land among our male relatives.’ So Joshua gave them land along with their male relatives. That was according to what the LORD had commanded. 5 Manasseh’s share was made up of ten pieces of land. That land was in addition to Gilead and Bashan east of the River Jordan. 6 So the five granddaughters of Hepher in the family line of Manasseh received land, just as the other five sons of Manasseh did. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the family line of Manasseh. 7 The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Mikmethath. Mikmethath was east of Shechem. The border ran south from Mikmethath. The people living at En Tappuah were inside the border. 8 Manasseh had the land around Tappuah. But the town of Tappuah itself was on the border of Manasseh’s land. It belonged to the people of Ephraim. 9 The border continued south to the Kanah Valley. Some of the towns that belonged to Ephraim were located among the towns of Manasseh. But the border of Manasseh was the north side of the valley. The border came to an end at the Mediterranean Sea. 10 The land on the south belonged to Ephraim. The land on the north belonged to Manasseh. The territory of Manasseh reached the Mediterranean Sea. The tribe of Asher was the border on the north. The tribe of Issachar was the border on the east. 11 Inside the land given to Issachar and Asher, the towns of Beth Shan and Ibleam belonged to Manasseh. The towns of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo and their people also belonged to Manasseh. Manasseh was given all those towns and the settlements around them. The third town in the list was also called Naphoth Dor. 12 But the people of Manasseh weren’t able to take over those towns. That’s because the Canaanites had made up their minds to live in that area. 13 The Israelites grew stronger. Then they forced the Canaanites to work hard for them. But they didn’t drive them out completely. 14 The people in the family line of Joseph spoke to Joshua. They said, ‘Why have you given us only one share of the land to have as our own? There are large numbers of us. The LORD has blessed us greatly.’ 15 ‘That’s true,’ Joshua said. ‘There are large numbers of you. And the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you. So go up into the forest. Clear out some land for yourselves in the territory of the Perizzites and Rephaites.’ 16 The people in Joseph’s family line replied, ‘The hill country isn’t big enough for us. And all the Canaanites who live in the plains use chariots that have iron parts. They include the people of Beth Shan and its settlements. They also include the people who live in the Valley of Jezreel.’ 17 Joshua spoke again to the people in Joseph’s family line. He said to the people of Ephraim and Manasseh, ‘There are large numbers of you. And you are very powerful. You will have more than one piece of land. 18 You will also have the central hill country. It’s covered with trees. Cut them down and clear the land. That whole land from one end to the other will belong to you. The Canaanites use chariots that have iron parts. And those people are strong. But you can drive them out.’

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1 Manasse var Josefs äldste son. Manasses äldste son Makir, som var far till Gilead, hade redan fått Gileads land och Basan på östra sidan om floden Jordan, för han och hans släkt var verkliga stridsmän. 2 Landet på västra sidan Jordan gavs åt Abiesers, Heleks, Asriels, Sikems, Hefers och Semidas familjer. 3 Men Hefers son Selofhad (sonson till Gilead, sonsons son till Makir och sonsons sonson till Manasse) hade inte några söner. Han hade i stället fem döttrar, som hette Mahela, Noa, Hogla, Milka och Tirsa. 4 Dessa kvinnor gick till prästen Eleasar och till Josua och till Israels ledare och sa:"Herren sa till Mose att vi skulle få lika stora områden som männen i vår stam." 5-6 Då fick de lika mycket land som sina farbröder, precis som Herren sagt till Mose, och hela arvslotten kom att omfatta tio landområden förutom Gileads och Basans områden på andra sidan Jordan. 7 Manasses stams södra gräns sträckte sig från Aser fram till Mikmetat, som ligger öster om Sikem. Därifrån gick gränsen till En-Tappua. 8 (En-Tappua tillhörde Manasse, men själva staden på gränsen till Manasses land tillhörde Efraims stam.) 9 Från Tappua sträckte sig gränsen vidare ner till Kanabäcken och söder om den fram till Medelhavet. Flera städer söder om bäcken tillhörde Efraims stam, fastän de var belägna inom Manasses område. 10 Landet söder om bäcken var avsett för Efraim, och landet norr om bäcken tillföll Manasse. I väster var Medelhavet gräns för Manasses område. I norr gränsade det till Asers område och i öster till Isaskars område. 11 Manasses stam fick också följande städer, som låg på Isaskars och Asers områden: Bet-Sean, Jibleam, Dor, En-Dor, Taanak, Megiddo och de tre höjdernas land, med deras respektive kringliggande byar. 12 Men eftersom Manasses ättlingar inte kunde fördriva folket som bodde i dessa städer, kom kananeerna att bo kvar där. 13 När Israels barn senare blev starkare tvingade de kananeerna att arbeta som slavar. 14 Då kom Josefs två stammar till Josua och frågade: "Varför har du bara gett oss en del av landet, när Herren har gjort vårt folk så talrikt?" 15 "Om bergsbygden i Efraim inte räcker till för er kan ni röja i skogsområdet där perisseerna och rafaeerna bor", svarade Josua. 16 "Bra", sa Josefs stammar. "Kananeerna i dalbygden runt Bet-Sean och i Jisreels dal är alldeles för starka för oss. Och de har stridsvagnar av järn.""Ni ska ta skogstrakterna upp mot bergen", svarade Josua. "Och eftersom ni är en sådan stor och stark stam kommer ni säkert att klara av att bo där. Jag är övertygad om att ni skulle kunna driva ut kananeerna ur dalarna också, även om de är starka och har stridsvagnar av järn."