1 This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh, since he was Joseph's firstborn. Machir, Manasseh's firstborn and the father of Gilead, received Gilead and Bashan, because he was a warrior.
2 The rest of the children of Manasseh also received allotments, clan by clan: the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These were the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, by their clans.
3 Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. His daughters' names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
4 They came to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our relatives." So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers, as the LORD had commanded.
5 Thus Manasseh received ten shares in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan on the other side of the Jordan,
6 because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance along with his sons. The land of Gilead went to the rest of the children of Manasseh.
7 Manasseh's boundary ran from Asher to Michmethath, east of Shechem, and then south toward the people of En-tappuah.
8 The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on Manasseh's border belonged to the children of Ephraim.
9 The boundary then descended to the brook Kanah. The towns south of the brook belonged to Ephraim, though they lay among Manasseh's towns. Manasseh's boundary ran along the north side of the brook and came out at the sea.
10 Ephraim's land lay to the south and Manasseh's to the north, with the sea as its boundary. They bordered Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
11 Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth-shean, Ibleam, and the people of Dor, En-dor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with its towns: the three heights.
12 But the children of Manasseh were unable to take over these towns, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in that land.
13 When the children of Israel became stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not drive them out altogether.
14 The children of Joseph said to Joshua, "Why have you given us only one allotment and one share as our inheritance? We are a numerous people, because the LORD has blessed us so far."
15 Joshua answered them, "If you are so numerous, and the hill country of Ephraim is too cramped for you, go up into the forest and clear a place for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim."
16 The children of Joseph replied, "The hill country will not be enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its towns and those in the Valley of Jezreel."
17 Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, "You are indeed numerous and very strong. You will not have just one allotment.
18 The hill country will also be yours. It is forested, but you will clear it, and its outer limits will belong to you. You will drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and are strong."