There was also a lot for the ¹ 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.

And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our ¹ brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

And there fell ten portions to ¹ Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;

Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but ¹ Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;

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 ¹ sea:

Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in ¹ Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

Yet the children of Manasseh ¹ could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

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 ¹ blessed me hitherto?

And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, ¹ if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: ¹ for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.