Joshua 17:1

Christian Standard Bible

This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh  as Joseph’s firstborn. Gilead and Bashan were given to Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh and the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war.

Cross References

Numbers 26:29

Manasseh’s descendants: the Machirite clan from Machir. Machir fathered Gilead; the Gileadite clan from Gilead.

Genesis 41:51

Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh  and said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and my whole family.”

Genesis 50:23

He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation;  the sons of Manasseh’s son Machir were recognized by  , Joseph.

Genesis 46:20

Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. They were born to him by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, a priest at On.

Genesis 48:18

Joseph said to his father, “Not that way, my father! This one is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head.”

1 Chronicles 2:23

But Geshur and Aram captured  Jair’s Villages  along with Kenath and its surrounding villages #— #sixty towns. All these were the descendants of Machir father of Gilead.

Judges 5:14

Those with their roots in Amalek  came from Ephraim; Benjamin came with your people after you. The leaders came down from Machir, and those who carry a marshal’s staff came from Zebulun.

Deuteronomy 21:17

He must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the neglected wife, by giving him two shares  , of his estate, for he is the firstfruits of his virility; he has the rights of the firstborn.

Numbers 32:33

So Moses gave them #— #the Gadites, Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph #— #the kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites and the kingdom of King Og of Bashan, the land including its cities with the territories surrounding them.

Numbers 27:1

The daughters of Zelophehad approached; Zelophehad was the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh from the clans of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Genesis 48:17

When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head, he thought it was a mistake  and took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s.

Joshua 17:2

So the allotment was for the rest of Manasseh’s descendants by their clans, for the sons of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, by their clans.

Joshua 22:7

Moses had given territory to half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, but Joshua had given territory to the other half,  with their brothers, on the west side of the Jordan.  When Joshua sent them to their homes and blessed them,

Ezekiel 48:4

Next to the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, will be Manasseh #— #one portion.

Genesis 41:52

And the second son he named Ephraim  and said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

2 Samuel 2:9

He made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin #— #over all Israel.

Ezekiel 47:13

This is what the Lord God says: “This is  the border you will use to divide the land  as an inheritance for the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph will receive two shares.