West Manasseh

The first 10 of 19 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 33:17

  His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”

Joshua

• Joshua 16:4

  So Ephraim and Manasseh, the sons of Joseph, received their inheritance.

• Joshua 16:9

  along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.

• Joshua 17:1

  Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.

• Joshua 17:2

  So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.

• Joshua 17:3

  But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

• Joshua 17:4

  They approached Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders, and said, “The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers.” So Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father’s brothers, in keeping with the command of the LORD.

• Joshua 17:5

  Thus ten shares fell to Manasseh, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan,

• Joshua 17:6

  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.

• Joshua 17:7

  Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.