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¹Jêh ri bu tâm pă bri ma phung ndŭl mpôl Manasê, yor lah păng jêng kon Y-Yôsep deh lor lơn, ma Y-Makir kon bu klâu Y-Manasê deh lor lơn, mbơ̆ Y-Galaat, bu ăn bri Galaat jêh ri bri Basan, yor lah păng jêng bunuyh tâm lơh, ²Bu tâm pă bri ma phung ndŭl mpôl Manasê ê hŏ geh tĭng nâm noi deh khân păng, Y-Abiêser, Y-Hêlik, Y-Asriêl, Y-Siêhem, Y-Hêpher, jêh ri Sêmida. Amoh phung kon sau Y-Manasê, kon bu klâu Y-Yôsep tĭng nâm rnăk nor păng. ³Bi Y-Sêlôpêhat kon bu klâu Y-Hêpher, jêng sau Y-Galaat, jêng se Y-Makir, jêng săn Y-Manasê, păng mâu hôm geh kon bu klâu ôh, ƀiă lah phung kon bu ur dơm; jêh ri aơ amoh phung kon bu ur păng, H'Mabla, H'Nôa, H'Hôgla, H'Milka jêh ri H'Tirsa, ⁴khân păng hăn panăp Y-Êlêasar kôranh ƀư brah, Y-Yôsuê kon bu klâu Y-Nun, jêh ri phung kôranh, lah. "Yêhôva ntăm jêh ma Y-Môis ăn ma hên rdơn drăp ta nklang phung ndŭl mpôl hên." Pô nây tĭng nâm nau Yêhôva ntăm păng ăn ma khân păng ndơn drăp tâm nklang phung oh nâu mbơ̆ khân păng. ⁵Pô nây Manasê jêh jât nkô̆ rmeh ma bri Galaat jêh ri bri Basan ta kơh đah ri dak krong Yurdan: ⁶Yor lah phung kon bu ur Manasê ndơn drăp ndrel ma phung kon bu klâu păng. Bu tâm pă bri Galaat ma phung Manasê ê hŏ geh.
⁷Bri phung Manasê ntơm bơh ƀon Aser tât ma ƀon Mikmêtat, palơ ƀon Sichem: Jêh ri n'har hăn mpeh rđŭng tât ma phung gŭ tâm ƀon Êntapuach. ⁸Neh ƀon tapua jêng ndơ Manasê, ƀiă lah ƀon tapua ta n'har bri phung Manasê jêng ndơ phung kon bu klâu Êphraim. ⁹Ntơm bơh nây n'har njŭr hăn tât ta n'hor Kana. Lĕ rngôch ƀon toyh ta aơ mpehmơ rđŭng dak n'hor tâm nklang ƀon toyh Manasê jêng ndơ Êphraim. N'har Manasê hăn mpeh mơ dor palơ dak n'hor jêh ri tât ta dak mbŭt. ¹⁰Neh ta rđŭng jêng ndơ Êphraim jêh ri neh ta dor palơ jêng ndơ phung Manasê, jêh ri dak mbŭt jêng n'har tâm pă khân păng mpeh mơ dor palơ tât ma phung Aser, jêh ri mpeh mơ palơ ma phung lsakar. ¹¹Phung Manasê geh lĕ tâm neh phung lsakar jêh ri phung Aser ƀon aơ: ƀon Betsean jêh ri ƀon jê̆ păng, ƀon Giblêam jêh ri ƀon jê̆ păng, phung bunuyh gŭ tâm ƀon Dor jêh ri ƀon jê̆ păng, phung bunuyh gŭ tâm ƀon Ên-Dor jêh ri ƀon jê̆ păng, phung bunuyh gŭ tâm ƀon Tanak jêh ri ƀon jê̆ păng, jêh ri phung bunuyh gŭ tâm ƀon Mêgidô jêh ri ƀon jê̆ păng, tal pe jêng ƀon Naphat. ¹²Ƀiă lah phung kon bu klâu Manasê mâu mprơh ôh lĕ rngôch ƀon nây, ƀiă lah phung Kanaan hôm tâm bri nây, ¹³Ƀiă lah phung ƀon lan Israel jêng katang, khân păng njêng phung Kanaan kơp dĭk, jêh ri mâu prơh khân păng ôh.
¹⁴Phung ndŭl mpôl Y-Yôsep ngơi ma Y-Yôsuê, lah: "Mâm ƀư may ăn du nkô̆ dơm ma hên jêh ri du nkuăl jêng drăp ăn hên ndơn, phung hên lĕ jêng du phung ƀon lan lĕ bĭk rơ̆ jêh, yor lah Yêhôva mot ton nau ueh lăng ma hên n'ho tât ma nar aơ? ¹⁵Y-Yôsuê lah ma khân păng: Tơ lah khân may jêng du phung ƀon lan âk ngăn, ăn khân may hao mpeh tâm krŏng jêh ri ăn khân may muih pieh ta ntŭk nây jêh ri sŏk pă ma khân may nơm neh phung Pêrisit jêh phung Rêphaim, yor lah bri kalơ dor Êphraim lĕ rhăt ir ma khân may." ¹⁶Phung ndŭl mpôl Y-Yôsuê lah, Bri kalơ dor mâu dơi tŏng ăn ma hên ôh. Ƀiă lah lĕ rngôch phung Kanaan gŭ tâm neh lâng geh ndeh seh loih, nđâp ma phung gŭ tâm ƀon Bet Sôam, jêh ri tâm ƀon jê̆ khân păng, jêh ri phung gŭ tâm rlŭng Jesrêel." ¹⁷Y-Yôsuê lah ma noi Y-Yôsep, jêng phung Êphraim jêh ri phung Manasê. "Khân may jêng du phung ƀon lan âk ngăn, jêh ri geh nau katang dŭt n'hâm. Khân may mâu mra geh kanŏng du nkô̆ nây dơm ôh. ¹⁸Ƀiă lah bri kalơ dor mra pă ma khân may, nđâp tơ lah jêng du nkuĭl krŏng, ăn khân may nuih jêh ri sŏk păng tât ta n'har păng ăn ngai lơn, mra jêng ndơ ma khân may, yor lah khân may dơi prơh phung Kanaan, nđâp tơ lah khân păng geh ndeh seh loih jêh ri jêng ka tang kađôi lĕ.

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¹This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn, that is, for Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because the Makirites were great soldiers. ²So this allotment was for the rest of the people of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.
³Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons but only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. ⁴They went 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 along with the brothers of their father, according to the Lord’s command. ⁵Manasseh’s share consisted of ten tracts of land besides Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan, ⁶because the daughters of the tribe of Manasseh received an inheritance among the sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.
⁷The territory of Manasseh extended from Asher to Mikmethath east of Shechem. The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah. ⁸(Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.) ⁹Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine. There were towns belonging to Ephraim lying among the towns of Manasseh, but the boundary of Manasseh was the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. ¹⁰On the south the land belonged to Ephraim, on the north to Manasseh. The territory of Manasseh reached the Mediterranean Sea and bordered Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
¹¹Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan, Ibleam and the people of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth⚓ ).
¹²Yet the Manassites were not able to occupy these towns, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that region. ¹³However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not drive them out completely.
¹⁴The people of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one allotment and one portion for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the Lord has blessed us abundantly.”
¹⁵“If you are so numerous,” Joshua answered, “and if the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go up into the forest and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites.”
¹⁶The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots fitted with iron, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”
¹⁷But Joshua said to the tribes of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You are numerous and very powerful. You will have not only one allotment ¹⁸but the forested hill country as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”