Territory of Manasseh

17 Now this was the lot for the tribe of ^(A)Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, ^[a]were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war. ² So the lot was made for the rest of the sons of Manasseh according to their families: for the sons of Abiezer and for the sons of Helek and for the sons of Asriel and for the sons of Shechem and for the sons of Hepher and for the sons of Shemida; these were the male ^[b]descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

³ However, ^(B)Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. ⁴ They came near before Eleazar the priest and before Joshua the son of Nun and before the leaders, saying, “The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So ^(C)according to the ^[c]command of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers. ⁵ Thus there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan, ⁶ because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the ^(D)land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

⁷ The border of Manasseh ^[d]ran from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border went ^[e]southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah. ⁸ The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but ^(E)Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim. ⁹ The ^(F)border went down to the ^[f]brook of Kanah, southward of the ^[g]brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the ^[h]brook and ^[i]it ended at the sea. ¹⁰ The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was ^[j]their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east. ¹¹ In Issachar and in Asher, ^(G)Manasseh had Beth-shean and its towns and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, the third is ^(H)Napheth. ^12 (I)But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. ¹³ It came about when the sons of Israel became strong, ^(J)they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not ^[k]drive them out completely.

¹⁴ Then the ^(K)sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me only one lot and one portion for an inheritance, since I am a numerous people whom the Lord has thus far blessed?” ¹⁵ Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go ^[l]up to the forest and ^[m]clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.” ¹⁶ The sons of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have ^(L)chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the valley of Jezreel.” ¹⁷ Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only, ¹⁸ but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall ^[n]clear it, and to its ^[o]farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall ^[p]drive out the Canaanites, even though they have ^(M)chariots of iron and though they are strong.”

Paul at Ephesus

19 It happened that while ^(A)Apollos was at ^(B)Corinth, Paul passed through the ^(C)upper country and came to ^(D)Ephesus, and found some disciples. ² He said to them, “^(E)Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said to him, “No, ^(F)we have not even heard whether ^[a]there is a Holy Spirit.” ³ And he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” And they said, “^(G)Into John’s baptism.” ⁴ Paul said, “^(H)John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people ^(I)to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” ⁵ When they heard this, they were ^(J)baptized ^[b]in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ And when Paul had ^(K)laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began ^(L)speaking with tongues and ^(M)prophesying. ⁷ There were in all about twelve men.

⁸ And he entered ^(N)the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them ^(O)about the kingdom of God. ⁹ But when ^(P)some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of ^(Q)the Way before the ^[c]people, he withdrew from them and took away ^(R)the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. ¹⁰ This took place for ^(S)two years, so that all who lived in ^[d](T)Asia heard ^(U)the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.

Miracles at Ephesus

¹¹ God was performing ^(V)extraordinary ^[e]miracles by the hands of Paul, ^12 (W)so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and ^(X)the evil spirits went out. ¹³ But also some of the Jewish ^(Y)exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” ¹⁴ Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. ¹⁵ And the evil spirit answered and said to them, “I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?” ¹⁶ And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. ¹⁷ This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in ^(Z)Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified. ¹⁸ Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices. ¹⁹ And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it ^[f]fifty thousand ^(AA)pieces of silver. ²⁰ So ^[g](AB)the word of the Lord ^(AC)was growing mightily and prevailing.

²¹ Now after these things were finished, Paul purposed in the ^[h]Spirit to ^(AD)go to Jerusalem ^(AE)after he had passed through ^(AF)Macedonia and ^(AG)Achaia, saying, “After I have been there, ^(AH)I must also see Rome.” ²² And having sent into ^(AI)Macedonia two of ^(AJ)those who ministered to him, ^(AK)Timothy and ^(AL)Erastus, he himself stayed in ^[i](AM)Asia for a while.

²³ About that time there occurred no small disturbance concerning ^(AN)the Way. ²⁴ For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of ^[j]Artemis, ^(AO)was bringing no little ^[k]business to the craftsmen; ²⁵ these he gathered together with the workmen of similar trades, and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity ^[l]depends upon this business. ²⁶ You see and hear that not only in ^(AP)Ephesus, but in almost all of ^[m](AQ)Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that ^[n](AR)gods made with hands are no gods at all. ²⁷ Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess ^[o]Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of ^[p](AS)Asia and ^(AT)the ^[q]world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence.”

²⁸ When they heard this and were filled with rage, they began crying out, saying, “Great is ^[r]Artemis of the ^(AU)Ephesians!” ²⁹ The city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed ^[s]with one accord into the theater, dragging along ^(AV)Gaius and ^(AW)Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling ^(AX)companions from ^(AY)Macedonia. ³⁰ And when Paul wanted to go into the ^[t]assembly, ^(AZ)the disciples would not let him. ³¹ Also some of the ^[u]Asiarchs who were friends of his sent to him and repeatedly urged him not to ^[v]venture into the theater. ^32 (BA)So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the ^[w]assembly was in confusion and the majority did not know ^[x]for what reason they had come together. ³³ Some of the crowd ^[y]concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having ^(BB)motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the ^[z]assembly. ³⁴ But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single outcry arose from them all as they shouted for about two hours, “Great is ^[aa]Artemis of the Ephesians!” ³⁵ After quieting the crowd, the town clerk *said, “Men of ^(BC)Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great ^[ab]Artemis and of the image which fell down from ^[ac]heaven? ³⁶ So, since these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and to do nothing rash. ³⁷ For you have brought these men here who are neither ^(BD)robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess. ³⁸ So then, if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against any man, the courts are in session and ^[ad](BE)proconsuls are available; let them bring charges against one another. ³⁹ But if you want anything beyond this, it shall be settled in the ^[ae]lawful ^[af]assembly. ⁴⁰ For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today’s events, since there is no real cause for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering.” ⁴¹ After saying this he dismissed the ^[ag]assembly.