648 - The Land Given to the Other Half of Manasseh West of the Jordan

​The Land Given to the Other Half of Manasseh West of the Jordan


(An) allotment of land was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph’s older son. 


Makir, the firstborn son of Manasseh, was the father of Gilead. 


Because his descendants were experienced soldiers, the regions of Gilead and Bashan, on the east side of the Jordan, had already been given to them. 


So, the allotment, on the west side of the Jordan, was for the remaining families, within the clans, of the tribe, of Manasseh: Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. 


These clans represent the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph. 


However, Zelophehad, a descendant of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons. 


He had only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 


These women came to Eleazar, the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite leaders …and said, 


“The Lord commanded Moses to give us a grant of land, along with the men of our tribe.” 


So, Joshua gave them a grant of land, along with their uncles, as the Lord had commanded. 


As a result, Manasseh’s total allocation came to ten parcels of land, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan, across the Jordan River, because the female descendants, of Manasseh, received a grant of land, along with the male descendants. 


(The land of Gilead was given to the rest of the male descendants of Manasseh.) 


The boundary of the tribe of Manasseh extended from the border of Asher to Micmethath, near Shechem. 


Then the boundary went south from Micmethath to the settlement near the spring of Tappuah. 


The land surrounding Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh’s territory, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim. 


From the spring of Tappuah, the boundary of Manasseh followed the Kanah Ravine to the Mediterranean Sea. 


Several towns south of the ravine were inside Manasseh’s territory, but they actually belonged to the tribe of Ephraim. 


In general, however, the land south of the ravine belonged to Ephraim, and the land north of the ravine belonged to Manasseh. 


Joshua 17:1-10 (NLT)


Praise be to God!


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