Apgabals otrai pusei Manases cilts
1 Šāda loze krita Manases ciltij – viņš bija Jāzepa pirmdzimtais. Māhīram, Manases pirmdzimtajam, Gileāda tēvam, tika Gileāda un Bāšāna, jo viņš bija karavīrs. 2 Bet pārējiem Manases dēliem mantojumu izlozēja pēc viņu dzimtām – Abīezeram un Hēleka dēliem, un Asriēla dēliem, un Šehema dēliem, un Hēfera dēliem, un Šemīdas dēliem – šie vīri bija dēli Manasem, Jāzepa dēlam. 3 Bet Celofhādam, Hēfera dēlam, Gileāda dēlam, Māhīra dēlam, Manases dēlam, nebija dēlu, tikai meitas vien, un šie ir viņa meitu vārdi – Mahla, Noa, Hogla, Milka un Tirca. 4 Viņas nāca pie priestera Elāzāra, pie Jozuas, Nūna dēla, un pie vadoņiem un sacīja: “Kungs ir pavēlējis, lai Mozus dod mums mantojumu līdz ar mūsu brāļiem!” – un pēc Kunga pavēles viņš deva tām mantojumu līdz ar viņu brāļiem. 5 Tādējādi Manases daļai piekrita vēl desmit, neskaitot Gileādas un Bāšānas zemi, kas viņpus Jardānas, 6 jo Manases meitas ieguva mantojumu līdz ar viņa dēliem, bet Gileādas zeme tika pārējiem Manases dēliem. 7 Manases robežas gāja no Ašēras uz Mihmetātu, kas pie Šehemas, un tālāk robeža stiepās uz dienvidiem, kur mīt Ēn-Tapūhas ļaudis. 8 Manasem gan piederēja Tapūhas zemes, bet pati Tapūha, kas ārpus Manases robežām, piederēja Efraima dēliem. 9 Tālāk robeža laidās lejup līdz Kānas upei dienvidos, līdz pašai upei – šīs pilsētas pieder Efraimam, tās ir Manases pilsētu vidū. Manases robeža iet uz ziemeļiem no upes un beidzas pie jūras. 10 Dienvidi pieder Efraimam un ziemeļi Manasem – viņu zemes sniedzas līdz jūrai. Pie Ašēra robeža sasniedz ziemeļus, bet austrumos ir Jisašhars. 11 Manasem bija mantojuma daļa arī Jisašhara un Ašēra zemēs – Bēt-Šeāna un tās ciemi, Jibleāma un tās ciemi, un Dora ar tās iemītniekiem un ciemiem, un Ēn-Dora ar tās iemītniekiem un ciemiem, un Taanaha ar tās iemītniekiem un ciemiem, un Megido ar tās iemītniekiem un ciemiem – triju pakalnu novads. 12 Manases dēli nevarēja iekarot tās pilsētas, un tajā zemē palika dzīvot kanaānieši. 13 Kad Israēla dēli pieņēmās spēkā, tie lika kanaāniešus pie klaušu darbiem, taču pavisam tos nepadzina.
Jāzepa cilts prasa lielāku apgabalu
14 Tad Jāzepa dēli runāja ar Jozuu un teica: “Kādēļ tu mums esi devis mantojumā tikai vienu lozes tiesu un vienu daļu, mēs taču esam liela tauta, līdz šim Kungs ir mūs svētījis!” 15 Un Jozua tiem atbildēja: “Ja jūs esat liela tauta, tad dodieties mežā un plēsiet tur līdumu – periziešu un milžu zemē, ja jums ir par šauru Efraima kalnienē!” 16 Jāzepa dēli teica: “Mums nepietiek ar kalnieni! Un visiem kanaāniešiem, kas mīt ielejā, ir dzelzs kararati, – tiem, kas ir Bēt-Šeānā un tās ciemos, un tiem, kas ir Jizreēlas ielejā!” 17 Bet Jozua teica Jāzepa namam, Efraimam un Manasem: “Jūs esat liela tauta, un jums ir varens spēks – jums nepienākas tikai viena loze! 18 Lai jums tiek arī kalni, jo tur ir mežs, plēsiet tur līdumu, un tas viss piederēs jums. Taču jums jāpadzen kanaānieši, kaut arī tiem ir dzelzs kararati un tie ir spēcīgi!”
Manasseh's Land West of the Jordan River
1-6 Manasseh was Joseph's oldest son, and Machir was Manasseh's oldest son. Machir had a son named Gilead, and some of his descendants had already received the regions of Gilead and Bashan because they were good warriors. The other clans of the Manasseh tribe descended from Gilead's sons Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. The following is a description of the land they received.
Hepher's son Zelophehad did not have any sons, but he did have five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. One day the clans that were descendants of Zelophehad's five daughters went to the priest Eleazar, Joshua, and the leaders of Israel. The people of these clans said, “The Lord told Moses to give us land just as he gave land to our relatives.”
Joshua followed the Lord's instructions and gave land to these five clans, as he had given land to the five clans that had descended from Hepher's brothers. So Manasseh's land west of the Jordan River was divided into ten parts.
7 The land of the Manasseh tribe went from its northern border with the Asher tribe south to Michmethath, which is to the east of Shechem. The southern border started there, but curved even farther south to include the people who lived around Tappuah Spring. 8 The town of Tappuah was on Manasseh's border with Ephraim. Although the land around Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, the town itself belonged to Ephraim.
9-10 Then the border went west to the Kanah Gorge and ran along the northern edge of the gorge to the Mediterranean Sea. The land south of the gorge belonged to Ephraim. And even though there were a few towns that belonged to Ephraim north of the gorge, the land north of the gorge belonged to Manasseh.
The western border of Manasseh was the Mediterranean Sea, and the tribe shared a border with the Asher tribe on the northwest and with the Issachar tribe on the northeast.
11 Manasseh was supposed to have the following towns with their surrounding villages inside the borders of Issachar's and Asher's tribal lands:
Beth-Shan, Ibleam, Endor, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, which is also called Naphath.
12 But the people of Manasseh could not capture these towns, so the Canaanites kept on living in them. 13 When the Israelites grew stronger, they made the Canaanites in these towns work as their slaves, though they never did force them to leave.
Joseph's Descendants Ask for More Land
14 One day the Joseph tribes came to Joshua and asked, “Why didn't you give us more land? The Lord has always been kind to us, and we have too many people for this small region.”
15 Joshua replied, “If there's not enough room for you in the hill country of Ephraim, then go into the forest that belonged to the Perizzites and the Rephaim. Clear out the trees and make more room for yourselves there.”
16 “Even if we do that,” they answered, “there still won't be enough land for us in the hill country. And we can't move down into Jezreel Valley, because the Canaanites who live in Beth-Shan and in other parts of the valley have iron chariots.”
17 “Your tribes do have a lot of people,” Joshua admitted. “I'll give you more land. Your tribes are powerful, 18 so you can have the rest of the hill country, but it's a forest, and you'll have to cut down the trees and clear the land. You can also have Jezreel Valley. Even though the Canaanites there are strong and have iron chariots, you can force them to leave the valley.”
