- This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph's firstborn, that is, for Makir, Manasseh's firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because the Makirites were great soldiers.
- So this allotment was for the rest of the people of Manasseh--the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.
- Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons but only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.
- They went to 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 along with the brothers of their father, according to the LORD's command.
- Manasseh's share consisted of ten tracts of land besides Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan,
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- 瑪拿西是約瑟的長子.他的支派拈鬮所得之地、記在下面、至於瑪拿西的長子基列之父〔父或作主〕瑪吉、因為是勇士、就得了基列和巴珊.
- 瑪拿西其餘的子孫、按著宗族拈鬮分地、就是亞比以謝子孫、希勒子孫、亞斯列子孫、示劍子孫、希弗子孫、示米大子孫.這些按著宗族、都是約瑟兒子瑪拿西子孫的男丁。
- 瑪拿西的元孫、瑪吉的曾孫、基列的孫子、希弗的兒子西羅非哈、沒有兒子、只有女兒、他的女兒名叫瑪拉、挪阿、曷拉、密迦、得撒、
- 他們來到祭司以利亞撒和嫩的兒子約書亞並眾首領面前、說、耶和華曾吩咐摩西在我們弟兄中分給我們產業。於是約書亞照耶和華所吩咐的、在他們伯叔中、把產業分給他們。
- 除了約但河東的基列、和巴珊地之外、還有十分地歸瑪拿西.
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