17 The allotment for Menasheh’s (Manasseh’s) descendants (Yosef’s (Joseph’s) eldest son) included a special allotment for (Gilead’s father) Makir—he was given Gilead and Bashan because he was a powerful warrior. 2 The other Menasheh clans that were allocated land were the Aviezer, Helek, Asriel, Shekem, Hefer, and Shemida clans. (They were the sons of Yosef’s son Menasheh who led their own clans.) 3 But Tselofehad (son of Hefer, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Menasheh) had no sons—only daughters who were named Mahlah, Noa, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirtsah. 4 They approached the priest Eleazar and Yehoshua (Joshua) and the other leaders and said, “Yahweh told Mosheh (Moses) to give us an inheritance along with our brothers.” So he[fn] gave them an inheritance (like he’d given their uncles), as Yahweh had instructed them.[ref] 5 So ten blocks were allocated to Menasheh tribe as well as Gilead and Bashan which were across the Yarden (Jordan) 6 because Menasheh’s daughters received inheritances along with his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of Menasheh’s sons.

7 The border for Menasheh went from Asher to Mikmetat opposite Shekem, then went south towards the spring at Tapuah. 8 (The Tapuah land was for Menasheh, but Tapuah town was for Efrayim (Ephraim).) 9 Then the border went south to the Kanah riverbed—the cities there belonged to Efrayim even though they were inside Menasheh’s land—then the border stayed on the north side of the riverbed and extended to the Mediterranean. 10 So the south was for Efrayim and the north was for Menasheh, and the sea was the western border, meeting Asher from the north and Yisakar (Issachar) from the east. 11 Menasheh was allocated cities inside both Yisakar’s and Asher’s territories: Beyt-Shean, Yivleam, Dor, Eyn-Dor, Ta’anak, and Megidon along with their surrounding towns.[fn] 12 But Menasheh’s descendants weren’t able to take possession of those cities, so the Kena’anim (Canaanites) continued to live in the region.[ref] 13 When the Israelis strengthened their position, they were able to force those Kena’anim to work for them, but they weren’t able to drive them out.