Joshua 17

1 and to be [the] allotted to/for tribe Manasseh for he/she/it firstborn Joseph to/for Machir firstborn Manasseh father [the] Gilead for he/she/it to be man battle and to be to/for him [the] Gilead and [the] Bashan

[This is a list of] the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh’s oldest son was Makir and his grandson was Gilead. Makir’s descendants were great warriors, so the lands in the Gilead and Bashan regions were allotted to their clan.

2 and to be to/for son: descendant/people Manasseh [the] to remain to/for family their to/for son: descendant/people Abiezer and to/for son: descendant/people Helek and to/for son: descendant/people Asriel and to/for son: descendant/people Shechem and to/for son: descendant/people Hepher and to/for son: descendant/people Shemida these son: descendant/people Manasseh son: child Joseph [the] male to/for family their

Land was also allotted to the other clans of the tribe of Manasseh: The clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida.

3 and to/for Zelophehad son: child Hepher son: child Gilead son: child Machir son: child Manasseh not to be to/for him son: child that if: except if: except daughter and these name daughter his Mahlah and Noah Hoglah Milcah and Tirzah

Hepher’s son Zelophehad had no sons, but he had five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

4 and to present: come to/for face: before Eleazar [the] priest and to/for face: before Joshua son: child Nun and to/for face: before [the] leader to/for to say LORD to command [obj] Moses to/for to give: give to/for us inheritance in/on/with midst brother: male-sibling our and to give: give to/for them to(wards) lip LORD inheritance in/on/with midst brother: male-sibling father their

They went to Eleazar the Supreme Priest, and to Joshua and to the other Israeli leaders. They said, “[We want you to give us some land, because] Yahweh told Moses that he should give to us some land, just like you gave to the men.” So Eleazar did what Yahweh had commanded, and he allotted to them some land, just like he allotted to their uncles.

5 and to fall: kill cord Manasseh ten to/for alone: besides from land: country/planet [the] Gilead and [the] Bashan which from side: beside to/for Jordan

So the tribe of Manasseh eventually had ten sections [of land west of the Jordan River] and [two sections, ] Gilead and Bashan, on the east side of the Jordan [River].

6 for daughter Manasseh to inherit inheritance in/on/with midst son: child his and land: country/planet [the] Gilead to be to/for son: child Manasseh [the] to remain

So those female descendants of Manasseh also were allotted land [on the west side of the river] just like the men were allotted. The other parts of the Gilead area were allotted to the male descendants of Manasseh.

7 and to be border: area Manasseh from Asher [the] Michmethath which upon face: surface Shechem and to go: went [the] border: boundary to(wards) [the] right: south to(wards) to dwell En-tappuah En-tappuah

The land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was between the land where the tribe of Asher lives and Michmethath [town], near Shechem [city]. The border extended south to the Tappuah Spring.

8 to/for Manasseh to be land: country/planet Tappuah and Tappuah to(wards) border: boundary Manasseh to/for son: descendant/people Ephraim

The land near the Tappuah area belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah, which was at the border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, was allotted to the tribe of Ephraim.

9 and to go down [the] border: boundary torrent: river Kanah south [to] to/for torrent: river city [the] these to/for Ephraim in/on/with midst city Manasseh and border: boundary Manasseh from north to/for torrent: river and to be outgoing his [the] sea [to]

The border [of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh] extended south to Kanah Gorge. From there it extended [west] along the north side of the gorge and ended at the [Mediterranean] Sea.

10 south [to] to/for Ephraim and north [to] to/for Manasseh and to be [the] sea border: boundary his and in/on/with Asher to fall on [emph?] from north and in/on/with Issachar from east

The land on the south side of the gorge belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, and the land on the north side belonged to the tribe of Manasseh. The western border of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was the [Mediterranean] Sea. To the north, the border of their land extended from the land allotted to the tribe of Asher [at the northwest] to the land allotted to the tribe of Issachar [at the northeast.]

11 and to be to/for Manasseh in/on/with Issachar and in/on/with Asher Beth-shean Beth-shean and daughter: village her and Ibleam and daughter: village her and [obj] to dwell Dor and daughter: village her and to dwell En-dor En-dor and daughter: village her and to dwell Taanach and daughter: village her and to dwell Megiddo and daughter: village her three [the] Naphath

But there are cities inside the area allotted to the tribes of Issachar and Asher. Those cities, along with their surrounding villages, were allotted to people from the tribe of Manasseh. These cities are Beth-Shan, Ibleam, Dor (which is also named Naphoth-Dor, ) Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo.

12 and not be able son: descendant/people Manasseh to/for to possess: take [obj] [the] city [the] these and be willing [the] Canaanite to/for to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet [the] this

The men of the tribe of Manasseh were not able to force the people who lived in those cities to leave, so the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live in those cities.

13 and to be for to strengthen: strengthen son: descendant/people Israel and to give: put [obj] [the] Canaanite to/for taskworker and to possess: take not to possess: take him

But [years later] when the Israelis became better [warriors], they forced the Canaan people-group to work for them as slaves, although they did not force them to leave the land.

14 and to speak: speak son: descendant/people Joseph with Joshua to/for to say why? to give: give to/for me inheritance allotted one and cord one and I people many till which till thus to bless me LORD

The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh said to Joshua, “You allotted to us only one area of land, but there are a lot of us. Yahweh has blessed us very much [with the result that our tribe has grown very large]. So why did you give us only a small part of the land [RHQ]?”

15 and to say to(wards) them Joshua if people many you(m. s.) to ascend: rise to/for you [the] wood [to] and to create to/for you there in/on/with land: country/planet [the] Perizzite and [the] Rephaim for to hasten to/for you mountain: hill country Ephraim

Joshua replied to them, “[I agree that] you do not have enough land in the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim. So, since you have a lot of people, I will allot more land to you, in the hilly region. But you will have to [cut down the trees] in the forest [and] make a place for yourselves in the land where the Periz and Repha people-groups live.”

16 and to say son: descendant/people Joseph not to find to/for us [the] mountain: hill country and chariot iron in/on/with all [the] Canaanite [the] to dwell in/on/with land: country/planet [the] Valley (of Jezreel) to/for which in/on/with Beth-shean Beth-shean and daughter: village her and to/for which in/on/with Valley (of Jezreel) (Valley of) Jezreel

The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh replied, “It is true that the land in the hilly area is not big enough for us, but the Canaan people-group who live in the lowlands, in Beth-Shan and the surrounding villages in that area, and in the Jezreel Valley, have iron chariots, [so we will not be able to defeat them]!”

17 and to say Joshua to(wards) house: household Joseph to/for Ephraim and to/for Manasseh to/for to say people many you(m. s.) and strength great: large to/for you not to be to/for you allotted one

Joshua replied to them, “Your tribe is very numerous and very powerful. So I will allot more land for you in the hilly area,

18 for mountain: hill country to be to/for you for wood he/she/it and to create him and to be to/for you outgoing his for to possess: take [obj] [the] Canaanite for chariot iron to/for him for strong he/she/it

but you will have to cut down the trees in order to make a place for you to live. [It is true that] the Canaan people-group are strong and have iron chariots, but you will be able to force them to leave that valley.”