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1 Também foi dada terra à meia-tribo de Manassés, o filho mais velho de José. O clã de Maquir, o filho mais velho de Manassés e pai de Gileade, já tinha recebido a terra de Gileade e de Basã, na margem oriental do Jordão, porque eram grandes guerreiros. 2 Por isso, a terra atribuída agora à tribo, a ocidente do Jordão, foi dada aos clãs de Abiezer, Heleque, Asriel, Siquem, Hefer e Semida. 3 Contudo, Zelofeade, filho de Hefer, neto de Gileade, bisneto de Maquir e trineto de Manassés, não teve filhos rapazes; teve cinco filhas que se chamavam Mala, Noa, Hogla, Milca e Tirza. 4 Estas chegaram-se junto do sacerdote Eleazar e de Josué, e dos outros líderes de Israel, e lembraram-lhes o seguinte: “O SENHOR disse a Moisés que deveríamos receber a mesma quantidade de terra que os homens da nossa tribo.” Assim, de acordo com a ordem que o SENHOR dera por intermédio de Moisés, foram doados a estas mulheres territórios, conjuntamente com os seus cinco tios-avós. 5 Deste modo, a área total concedida à tribo de Manassés consistiu em dez secções de terra, além da terra de Gileade e de Basã, do outro lado do Jordão, 6 porque às filhas de Manassés também foram dadas terras, tal como aos filhos. Quanto à terra de Gileade, ficou a pertencer aos outros filhos de Manassés. 7 O limite a norte da tribo de Manassés estendia-se para o sul desde a beira do Aser até Micmetá, que se encontra a leste de Siquem. A sul, a linha limite corria de Micmetá até En-Tapua. 8 (A terra de Tapua pertencia a Manassés, mas a cidade de Tapua, no extremo da terra de Manassés, pertencia à tribo de Efraim). 9 Das fontes de Tapua, o limite de Manassés seguia a margem norte do ribeiro de Caná até ao Mediterrâneo. (Várias cidades a sul do ribeiro pertenciam à tribo de Efraim, ainda que estivessem localizadas no território de Manassés.) 10 A terra a sul do ribeiro e para o ocidente, até ao mar Mediterrâneo, foi atribuída a Efraim; a terra a norte do ribeiro assim como a leste do mar foi para Manassés. A norte da linha de demarcação de Manassés estava o território de Aser; a leste encontrava-se o de Issacar. 11 À meia tribo de Manassés foram igualmente dadas as seguintes cidades situadas nas áreas atribuídas a Issacar e a Aser: Bete-Seã, Ibleão, Dor, En-Dor, Taanaque e Megido; cada uma delas incluindo os lugares da sua jurisdição. 12 Mas os descendentes de Manassés não puderam expelir o povo que vivia naquelas cidades e assim os cananeus permaneceram na terra. 13 Mais tarde, contudo, quando os israelitas se tornaram suficientemente fortes, forçaram-nos a trabalhar como escravos. 14 Então as duas tribos de José vieram ter com Josué e perguntaram-lhe: “Porque nos deste apenas uma área na distribuição das terras pelas tribos, sendo que o SENHOR nos abençoou, sendo nós uma população tão numerosa?” 15 “Se a terra das colinas de Efraim não é bastante espaçosa para vocês”, respondeu Josué, “desbastem, se forem capazes, as florestas da terra onde habitam os perizeus e os refaítas.” 16 “Estamos de acordo; até porque os cananeus das planuras à volta de Bete-Seã e no vale de Jezreel têm carros de combate em ferro, e são demasiado fortes para nós.” 17-18 “Então”, continuou Josué, “terão as florestas das montanhas. E visto que são numerosos e robustos serão certamente capazes de derrubar todas essas florestas para viver ali. Tenho a certeza que poderão também expulsar os cananeus dos vales, mesmo sendo eles valentes combatentes e tendo carros em ferro.”

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1 Then allotment was made to the people 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. (Gn 41:51; Gn 46:20; Gn 48:18; Gn 50:23; Nm 26:29; Nm 32:39; Dt 3:13; Dt 3:15; 1 Cr 7:14)

Gn 41:51Gn 46:20Gn 48:18Gn 50:23Nm 26:29Nm 32:39Dt 3:13Dt 3:151 Cr 7:14

2 And allotments were made to the rest of the people of Manasseh by their clans, Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These were the male descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph, by their clans. (Nm 26:29) 3 Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, but only daughters, and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. (Nm 26:33; Nm 27:1; Nm 36:2; Nm 36:11)

Nm 26:33Nm 27:1Nm 36:2Nm 36:11

4 They approached Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the leaders and said, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance along with our brothers.” So according to the mouth of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father. (Nm 27:6; Nm 34:17; Nm 36:2; Js 14:1; Js 21:1)

Nm 27:6Nm 34:17Nm 36:2Js 14:1Js 21:1

5 Thus there fell to Manasseh ten portions, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of the Jordan, (Js 13:30; Js 17:1) 6 because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance along with his sons. The land of Gilead was allotted to the rest of the people of Manasseh. 7 The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem. Then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah. (Js 16:6) 8 The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on the boundary of Manasseh belonged to the people of Ephraim. (Js 16:8) 9 Then the boundary went down to the brook Kanah. These cities, to the south of the brook, among the cities of Manasseh, belong to Ephraim. Then the boundary of Manasseh goes on the north side of the brook and ends at the sea, (Js 17:8) 10 the land to the south being Ephraim’s and that to the north being Manasseh’s, with the sea forming its boundary. On the north Asher is reached, and on the east Issachar. 11 Also in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; the third is Naphath.^[1] (Js 11:2; Js 12:23; 1 Rs 4:11; 1 Cr 7:29)

Js 11:2Js 12:231 Rs 4:111 Cr 7:29

12 Yet the people of Manasseh could not take possession of those cities, but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. (Jz 1:27) 13 Now when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out. (Gn 49:15; Js 16:10) 14 Then the people of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me but one lot and one portion as an inheritance, although I am a numerous people, since all along the Lord has blessed me?” (Gn 48:19; Gn 48:22; Nm 26:34; Nm 26:37; Js 16:4)

Gn 48:19Gn 48:22Nm 26:34Nm 26:37Js 16:4

15 And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up by yourselves to the forest, and there clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.” (Js 12:4; Js 24:33; Jz 3:27) 16 The people of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.” (Js 11:6; Jz 6:33) 17 Then Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, “You are a numerous people and have great power. You shall not have one allotment only, 18 but the hill country shall be yours, for though it is a forest, you shall clear it and possess it to its farthest borders. For you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they are strong.” (Dt 20:1; Js 11:6)