Joshua 16-17

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Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh

16 The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert^(A) into the hill country of Bethel.^(B) ²It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz^(C)),^[a] crossed over to the territory of the Arkites^(D) in Ataroth,^(E) ³descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon^(F) and on to Gezer,^(G) ending at the Mediterranean Sea.

⁴So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance.^(H)

⁵This was the territory of Ephraim, according to its clans:

The boundary of their inheritance went from Ataroth Addar^(I) in the east to Upper Beth Horon^(J) ⁶and continued to the Mediterranean Sea. From Mikmethath^(K) on the north it curved eastward to Taanath Shiloh, passing by it to Janoah^(L) on the east. ⁷Then it went down from Janoah^(M) to Ataroth^(N) and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan. ⁸From Tappuah^(O) the border went west to the Kanah Ravine^(P) and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the Ephraimites, according to its clans. ⁹It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.^(Q)

¹⁰They did not dislodge the Canaanites living in Gezer; to this day the Canaanites live among the people of Ephraim but are required to do forced labor.^(R)

17 This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh^(S) as Joseph’s firstborn,^(T) that is, for Makir,^(U) Manasseh’s firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead^(V) and Bashan^(W) because the Makirites were great soldiers. ²So this allotment was for the rest of the people of Manasseh^(X)—the clans of Abiezer,^(Y) Helek, Asriel,^(Z) Shechem, Hepher^(AA) and Shemida.^(AB) These are the other male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.

³Now Zelophehad son of Hepher,^(AC) the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons but only daughters,^(AD) 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.^(AE) ⁵Manasseh’s share consisted of ten tracts of land besides Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,^(AF) 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^(AG) to Mikmethath^(AH) east of Shechem.^(AI) The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah. ⁸(Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah^(AJ) itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.) ⁹Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine.^(AK) 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^(AL) on the north and Issachar^(AM) on the east.^(AN)

¹¹Within Issachar^(AO) and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan,^(AP) Ibleam^(AQ) and the people of Dor,^(AR) Endor,^(AS) Taanach^(AT) and Megiddo,^(AU) together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth^[b]).^(AV)

¹²Yet the Manassites were not able^(AW) 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.^(AX)

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.”^(AY)

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^(AZ) and clear land for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites^(BA) and Rephaites.^(BB)”

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,^(BC) both those in Beth Shan^(BD) and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”^(BE)

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^(BF) ¹⁸but the forested hill country^(BG) as well. Clear it, and its farthest limits will be yours; though the Canaanites have chariots fitted with iron^(BH) and though they are strong, you can drive them out.”

Footnotes

Joshua 16:2 Septuagint; Hebrew Bethel to Luz
Joshua 17:11 That is, Naphoth Dor

Jeremiah 8

New International Version

8 “‘At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones^(A) of the people of Jerusalem will be removed^(B) from their graves. ²They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served^(C) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.^(D) They will not be gathered up or buried,^(E) but will be like dung lying on the ground.^(F) ³Wherever I banish them,^(G) all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life,^(H) declares the Lord Almighty.’

Sin and Punishment

⁴“Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?^(I)
    When someone turns away,^(J) do they not return?
⁵Why then have these people turned away?
    Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;^(K)
    they refuse to return.^(L)
⁶I have listened^(M) attentively,
    but they do not say what is right.
None of them repent^(N) of their wickedness,
    saying, “What have I done?”
Each pursues their own course^(O)
    like a horse charging into battle.
⁷Even the stork in the sky
    knows her appointed seasons,
and the dove, the swift and the thrush
    observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know^(P)
    the requirements of the Lord.

⁸“‘How can you say, “We are wise,
    for we have the law^(Q) of the Lord,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
    has handled it falsely?
⁹The wise^(R) will be put to shame;
    they will be dismayed^(S) and trapped.^(T)
Since they have rejected the word^(U) of the Lord,
    what kind of wisdom^(V) do they have?
¹⁰Therefore I will give their wives to other men
    and their fields to new owners.^(W)
From the least to the greatest,
    all are greedy for gain;^(X)
prophets^(Y) and priests alike,
    all practice deceit.^(Z)
¹¹They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say,
    when there is no peace.^(AA)
¹²Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
    No, they have no shame^(AB) at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when they are punished,^(AC)
says the Lord.^(AD)

¹³“‘I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
    There will be no grapes on the vine.^(AE)
There will be no figs^(AF) on the tree,
    and their leaves will wither.^(AG)
What I have given them
    will be taken^(AH) from them.^[a]’”

¹⁴Why are we sitting here?
    Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities^(AI)
    and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
    and given us poisoned water^(AJ) to drink,
    because we have sinned^(AK) against him.
¹⁵We hoped for peace^(AL)
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.^(AM)
¹⁶The snorting of the enemy’s horses^(AN)
    is heard from Dan;^(AO)
at the neighing of their stallions
    the whole land trembles.^(AP)
They have come to devour^(AQ)
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all who live there.

¹⁷“See, I will send venomous snakes^(AR) among you,
vipers that cannot be charmed,^(AS)
and they will bite you,”
declares the Lord.

¹⁸You who are my Comforter^[b] in sorrow,
    my heart is faint^(AT) within me.
¹⁹Listen to the cry of my people
    from a land far away:^(AU)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
    Is her King^(AV) no longer there?”

“Why have they aroused^(AW) my anger with their images,
with their worthless^(AX) foreign idols?”^(AY)

²⁰“The harvest is past,
the summer has ended,
and we are not saved.”

²¹Since my people are crushed,^(AZ) I am crushed;
    I mourn,^(BA) and horror grips me.
²²Is there no balm in Gilead?^(BB)
    Is there no physician^(BC) there?
Why then is there no healing^(BD)
    for the wound of my people?