Joshua 14:4

New Living Translation

The descendants of Joseph had become two separate tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim. And the Levites were given no land at all, only towns to live in with surrounding pasturelands for their livestock and all their possessions.

Cross References

Genesis 41:51

Joseph named his older son Manasseh, for he said, “God has made me forget all my troubles and everyone in my father’s family.”

Genesis 41:52

Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”

Genesis 46:20

Joseph’s sons, born in the land of Egypt, were Manasseh and Ephraim. Their mother was Asenath, daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On.

Genesis 48:1

One day not long after this, word came to Joseph, “Your father is failing rapidly.” So Joseph went to visit his father, and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 48:5

“Now I am claiming as my own sons these two boys of yours, Ephraim and Manasseh, who were born here in the land of Egypt before I arrived. They will be my sons, just as Reuben and Simeon are.

Genesis 48:6

But any children born to you in the future will be your own, and they will inherit land within the territories of their brothers Ephraim and Manasseh.

2 Chronicles 30:1

King Hezekiah now sent word to all Israel and Judah, and he wrote letters of invitation to the people of Ephraim and Manasseh. He asked everyone to come to the Temple of the Lord at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Numbers 26:28

Two clans were descended from Joseph through Manasseh and Ephraim.

Joshua 16:4

This was the homeland allocated to the families of Joseph’s sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.