The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to (A)Michmethath, which is east of Shechem. Then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah. The land of (B)Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on the boundary of Manasseh belonged to the people of Ephraim. (C)Then the boundary went down to the brook Kanah. These cities, to the south of the brook, among the cities of Manasseh, belong to Ephraim. Then the boundary of Manasseh goes on the north side of the brook and ends at the sea, 10 the land to the south being Ephraim's and that to the north being Manasseh's, with the sea forming its boundary. On the north Asher is reached, and on the east Issachar. 11 Also in Issachar and in Asher (D)Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of (E)Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of (F)Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of (G)Megiddo and its villages; (H)the third is Naphath.[a] 12 (I)Yet the people of Manasseh could not take possession of those cities, but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. 13 Now when the people of Israel grew strong, they put the Canaanites (J)to forced labor, but did not utterly drive them out.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:11 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

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