Joshua 14:4

God's Word

because Joseph’s descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, formed two tribes. The Levites were not given a share of the land. Joseph’s descendants gave the Levites cities to live in with pasturelands for their cattle and everything they had.

Cross References

Genesis 41:51

Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh [He Helps Me Forget], because God helped him forget all his troubles and all about his father’s family.

Genesis 41:52

He named the second son Ephraim [Blessed Twice With Children], because God gave him children in the land where he had suffered.

Genesis 46:20

In Egypt, Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph by Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, priest from the city of On.

Genesis 48:1

Later Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim ⌞to see Jacob⌟.

Genesis 48:5

“So your two sons, who were born in Egypt before I came here, are my sons. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are.

Genesis 48:6

Any other children you have after them will be yours. They will inherit the land listed under their brothers’ names.

2 Chronicles 30:1

Hezekiah sent a message to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. He invited them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the Lord God of Israel.

Numbers 26:28

The families descended from Joseph ⌞through⌟ Manasseh and Ephraim were

Joshua 16:4

So Joseph’s sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, received this land as their inheritance.