Also the town of Gilead was in that land. And the area where the people of Geshur and Maacah lived was in that land. All of Mount Hermon and all of Bashan as far as Salecah was in that land.
Joshua 17:5 - Easy To Read Version So the family group of Manasseh had ten areas of land west of the Jordan River and two more areas of land, Gilead and Bashan, on the other side of the Jordan River. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So there fell ten portions to Manasseh besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of the Jordan, American Standard Version (1901) And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; Common English Bible Manasseh had ten parcels in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan on the other side of the Jordan. Catholic Public Domain Version And by lot, there fell ten portions to Manasseh, aside from the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there fell ten portions to Manasses, beside the land of Galaad and Basan beyond the Jordan. |
Also the town of Gilead was in that land. And the area where the people of Geshur and Maacah lived was in that land. All of Mount Hermon and all of Bashan as far as Salecah was in that land.
The family group of Joseph spoke to Joshua and said, “You gave us only one area of land. But we are many people. Why did you only give us one part of all the land that the Lord gave his people?”
The daughters went to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and all the leaders. The daughters said, “The Lord told Moses to give us land the same as our male relatives.” So he obeyed the Lord and gave the daughters some land. So these daughters got land the same as their uncles.
And the western border started at Micmethath. The border turned to the east to Taanath Shiloh and continued east to Janoah.
Moses had given the land of Bashan to half of the Manasseh family group. Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan River to the other half of the Manasseh family group. Joshua blessed them and sent them home.