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17 요셉의 맏아들인 므낫세 가문에게도 요단 강 서쪽 땅 얼마가 그들의 몫으로 돌아갔다. 길르앗의 아버지[a]인 마길은 므낫세의 맏아들이다. 마길 자손은 용사들이었으므로 이미 요단 강 동쪽에서 길르앗과 바산 지역을 얻었다. 그러므로 이것은 므낫세 가문 가운데 나머지 갈래들인 아비에셀 갈래, 헬렉 갈래, 아스리엘 갈래, 세겜 갈래, 헤벨 갈래, 스미다 갈래에게 돌아간 몫이다. 이들은 요셉의 아들인 므낫세의 나머지 남자 자손을 그 갈래별로 나누어 본 것이다.

므낫세의 자손 가운데 슬로브핫이라는 사람이 있었다. 므낫세의 아들은 마길이고 마길의 아들은 길르앗이고 길르앗의 아들은 헤벨이고 헤벨의 아들이 슬로브핫이다. 그런데 슬로브핫에게는 아들은 없고 딸만 다섯 있었다. 그 딸들의 이름은 말라, 노아, 호글라, 밀가, 디르사였다. 그 딸들이 제사장 엘르아살과 눈의 아들 여호수아와 이스라엘 백성의 지도자들에게 가서 말하였다. “주께서 모세에게 우리 남자 친족들이 유산을 받을 때 우리에게도 유산을 주라고 명하셨습니다.” 여호수아는 주의 명령에 따라 슬로브핫의 딸들에게도 친족들과 똑같이 땅을 주었다.

그리하여 요단 강 동쪽의 길르앗과 바산 말고도, 므낫세 가문에게 열 몫의 땅이 더 돌아갔다. 므낫세 가문의 딸들이 아들들과 같이 땅을 얻었기 때문이다. 길르앗 땅은 므낫세 가문의 나머지 자손들에게 나누어 주었다.

므낫세 가문이 얻은 땅은 아셀에서부터 세겜의 동쪽에 있는 믹므닷에 걸쳐 있다. 그 땅의 경계는 그곳으로부터 남쪽으로 내려가 엔답부아 주민들이 사는 지역까지 이른다. (답부아 둘레의 땅은 므낫세의 것이나, 므낫세 땅 경계에 있던 답부아 성읍 자체는 에브라임 사람들의 것이다.) 그 다음 그 경계는 남쪽으로 가나 골짜기까지 이른다. 므낫세가 얻은 성읍들 가운데에는 에브라임 사람들 차지인 성읍들이 섞여 있다. 므낫세 경계는 골짜기의 북쪽이고 지중해에서 끝이 난다. 10 그 땅의 남쪽은 에브라임의 소유이고 북쪽은 므낫세의 소유이다. 므낫세 땅은 서쪽으로는 지중해, 북쪽으로는 아셀 땅, 동쪽으로는 잇사갈 땅과 경계를 이룬다.

11 잇사갈과 아셀 지역 안에도 므낫세 소유의 성읍들이 있다. 벳스안과 그 둘레의 촌락들, 이블르암과 그 둘레의 촌락들, 도르의 주민과 그 둘레의 촌락들, 엔돌의 주민과 그 둘레의 촌락들, 다아낙의 주민과 그 둘레의 촌락들, 므깃도의 주민과 그 둘레의 촌락들이 므낫세의 소유이다. (여기서 세 번째로 나오는 도르는 나봇도르이다.) 12 므낫세 가문 사람들은 이 성읍들을 완전히 점령하지 못 하였다. 그리하여 가나안 사람들이 그 지역에서 계속 살았다. 13 이스라엘 백성의 힘이 차츰 커지면서 가나안 사람에게 강제 노동을 시켰으나 그들을 완전히 몰아내지는 않았다.

14 요셉 자손이 여호수아에게 말하였다. “주께서 우리에게 큰 복을 내려 주셔서 우리의 수가 이렇게 많이 불어났습니다. 그런데 어찌하여 당신은 우리에게 한 번만 제비를 뽑아 한 몫만 유산으로 주십니까?”

15 여호수아가 대답하였다. “너희의 수가 그렇게 많아서 에브라임 산간지방이 너무 비좁다면, 브리스 사람과 르바임 사람의 땅인 삼림지대로 올라가 그곳을 개간하여 차지하여라.”

16 요셉 자손이 대답하였다. “에브라임 산간지방이 우리에게 넉넉하게 넓지 않을 뿐더러, 그 골짜기 땅에 살고 있는 가나안 사람은 모두 쇠로 만든 전차를 가지고 있습니다. 벳스안과 그 둘레의 촌락에 사는 사람들이나 이스르엘 골짜기에 사는 사람들이 모두 전차를 가지고 있습니다.”

17 여호수아가 요셉의 후손인 에브라임과 므낫세 가문 사람들에게 말하였다. “그러나 너희는 수도 많고 큰 세력도 가졌으니, 한 몫만 가질 일이 아니라 18 산간지방도 차지하도록 하여라. 비록 그곳이 숲으로 덮여 있으나 그 땅을 개간하여 그 지역 전체를 차지하여라. 그리고 가나안 사람들이 쇠로 만든 전차[b]와 큰 세력을 가졌다고는 하나, 너희라면 그들을 몰아낼 수 있을 것이다.”

Footnotes

  1. 17:1 길르앗의 아버지 또는 ‘길르앗 지방의 지도자’
  2. 17:18 전차 전쟁할 때 쓰이는 작은 마차

17 This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh(A) as Joseph’s firstborn,(B) that is, for Makir,(C) Manasseh’s firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead(D) and Bashan(E) because the Makirites were great soldiers. So this allotment was for the rest of the people of Manasseh(F)—the clans of Abiezer,(G) Helek, Asriel,(H) Shechem, Hepher(I) and Shemida.(J) These are the other male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.

Now Zelophehad son of Hepher,(K) the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons but only daughters,(L) whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah. They 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.(M) Manasseh’s share consisted of ten tracts of land besides Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,(N) because 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.

The territory of Manasseh extended from Asher(O) to Mikmethath(P) east of Shechem.(Q) The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah. (Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah(R) itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.) Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine.(S) 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. 10 On the south the land belonged to Ephraim, on the north to Manasseh. The territory of Manasseh reached the Mediterranean Sea and bordered Asher(T) on the north and Issachar(U) on the east.(V)

11 Within Issachar(W) and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan,(X) Ibleam(Y) and the people of Dor,(Z) Endor,(AA) Taanach(AB) and Megiddo,(AC) together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth[a]).(AD)

12 Yet the Manassites were not able(AE) to occupy these towns, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that region. 13 However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not drive them out completely.(AF)

14 The 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.”(AG)

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(AH) and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites(AI) and Rephaites.(AJ)

16 The 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,(AK) both those in Beth Shan(AL) and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”(AM)

17 But Joshua said to the tribes of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You are numerous and very powerful. You will have not only one allotment(AN) 18 but the forested hill country(AO) as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron(AP) and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:11 That is, Naphoth Dor

17 The Land Given to the Half-Tribe of Manasseh (Joseph’s oldest son): The clan of Machir (Manasseh’s oldest son who was the father of Gilead) had already been given the land of Gilead and Bashan on the east side of the Jordan River,[a] for they were great warriors. So now, land on the west side of the Jordan[b] was given to the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Shemida, and Hepher.

However, Hepher’s son Zelophehad (grandson of Gilead, great-grandson of Machir, and great-great-grandson of Manasseh) had no sons. He had only five daughters whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. These women came to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua and the Israeli leaders and reminded them, “The Lord told Moses that we were to receive as much property as the men of our tribe.”[c]

5-6 So, as the Lord had commanded through Moses, these five women were given an inheritance along with their five great-uncles, and the total inheritance came to ten sections of land (in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan across the Jordan River).

The northern boundary of the tribe of Manasseh extended southward from the border of Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem. On the south the boundary went from Michmethath to the spring of Tappuah. (The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the city of Tappuah, on the border of Manasseh’s land, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.) From the spring of Tappuah the border of Manasseh followed the north bank of Kanah Brook to the Mediterranean Sea. (Several cities south of the brook belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, though they were located in Manasseh’s territory.) 10 The land south of the brook and as far west as the Mediterranean Sea was assigned to Ephraim, and the land north of the brook and east of the sea went to Manasseh. Manasseh’s northern boundary was the territory of Asher, and the eastern boundary was the territory of Issachar.

11 The half-tribe of Manasseh was also given the following cities, which were situated in the areas assigned to Issachar and Asher: Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor, En-dor, Taanach, Megiddo (where there are the three cliffs), with their respective villages. 12 But since the descendants of Manasseh could not drive out the people who lived in those cities, the Canaanites remained. 13 Later on, however, when the Israelis became strong enough, they forced the Canaanites to work as slaves.

14 Then the two tribes of Joseph came to Joshua and asked, “Why have you given us only one portion of land when the Lord has given us such large populations?”

15 “If the hill country of Ephraim is not large enough for you,” Joshua replied, “and if you are able to do it, you may clear out the forest land where the Perizzites and Rephaim live.”

16-18 “Fine,” said the tribes of Joseph, “for the Canaanites in the lowlands around Beth-shean and the valley of Jezreel have iron chariots and are too strong for us.”

“Then you shall have the mountain forests,” Joshua replied, “and since you are such a large, strong tribe you will surely be able to clear it all and live there. And I’m sure you can drive out the Canaanites from the valleys, too, even though they are strong and have iron chariots.”

Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:1 on the east side of the Jordan River, implied.
  2. Joshua 17:2 on the west side of the Jordan, implied.
  3. Joshua 17:4 as much property as the men of our tribe, see Numbers 27:5-7.