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Hizikyah

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Josh 16:8 From Tappuwaḥ the border went westward to the wadi Qanah, and it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephrayim for their clans.
 
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Joshua 16:9
King James Version(KJV)

9.)And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
 
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Joshua 16:10 (NASB)
[SUP]10 [/SUP] But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers.
 
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Joshua 17:1 (ESV)
Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.
 
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Joshua 17:2
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2.)There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
 

KohenMatt

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[FONT=&quot]Joshua 17:3
"However, [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]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."[/FONT]
 
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Joshua 17:4 (NASB)
[SUP]4 [/SUP] 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 according to the command of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers.
 

KohenMatt

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[FONT=&quot]Joshua 17:5
"Thus there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan,"[/FONT]
 
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Joshua 17:6 (NASB)
[SUP]6 [/SUP] because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
 
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Joshua 17:7
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The territory of Manasseh extended from Asher to Mikmethath east of Shechem. The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah.
 
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Joshua 17:9 (KJV)
And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:
 
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Joshua 17:10
Southward it was Ephraim's ,northward it was Manasseh's,and the sea was its border.Manasseh's territory was adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
 

KohenMatt

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[FONT=&quot]Joshua 17:11
"In Issachar and in Asher, [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]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 [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot]Napheth."[/FONT]
 
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Joshua 17:12 (NASB)
[SUP]12 [/SUP] But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land.
 
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Joshua 17:13
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However, when the Israelites grew stronger, they subjected the Canaanites to forced labor but did not drive them out completely.
 
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Joshua 17:14 (KJV)
And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto?
 
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Joshua 17:15 (HCSB)
If you have so many people," Joshua replied to them, "go to the forest and clear an area for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, because Ephraim's hill country is too small for you."
 
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Joshua 17:16 (NASB)
[SUP]16 [/SUP] The sons of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the valley of Jezreel."