1Også 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.)2Manasses stammes øvrige slægter, det vil sige Abiezers, Heleks, Asriels, Sikems, Shemidas og Hefers slægter, fik tildelt et område vest for Jordanfloden.3Hefers søn Zelofhad* havde imidlertid ingen sønner—kun døtrene Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milka og Tirtza.4Disse 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.”5Derfor 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.7Manasses område gik fra Ashers grænse til Mikmetat tæt ved Sikem. Fra Mikmetat gik grænsen sydpå til dem, der boede ved Tappuachs kilde.8Landet omkring Tappuach tilfaldt Manasse, men selve byen på grænsen mellem Manasse og Efraim tilfaldt Efraim.9Fra Tappuachs kilde fulgte grænsen nordsiden af Kana-kløften ud til Middelhavet. Nogle af byerne i Manasses område tilfaldt Efraim.10Sydsiden 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.11Manasses 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.)*12Men det lykkedes ikke Manasses stamme at fordrive de oprindelige indbyggere i disse byer, og derfor bor kana’anæerne der den dag i dag.13Dog lykkedes det med tiden israelitterne at undertvinge kana’anæerne og gøre dem til slaver.14Josefs 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„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.”
English Standard Version
1Then 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.2And 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.3Now 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.4They 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.5Thus there fell to Manasseh ten portions, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of the Jordan,6because 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.7The 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.8The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on the boundary of Manasseh belonged to the people of Ephraim.9Then 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,10the 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.11Also 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.*12Yet the people of Manasseh could not take possession of those cities, but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land.13Now when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.14Then 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?”15And 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.”16The 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.”17Then 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,18but 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.”
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