²⁵ Then they sat down to eat ^[a]a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of ^(A)Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing ^[b](B)aromatic gum and ^[c](C)balm and ^[d]myrrh, ^[e]on their way to bring them down to Egypt.

²⁹ Moses said to them, “If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, everyone who is armed for battle, will cross with you over the Jordan in the presence of the Lord, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession;

²⁵ Their territory was ^(A)Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, as far as Aroer which is before Rabbah;

⁵ Thus there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan, ⁶ because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the ^(A)land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

⁷ The border of Manasseh ^[a]ran from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border went ^[b]southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah. ⁸ The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but ^(B)Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim. ⁹ The ^(C)border went down to the ^[c]brook of Kanah, southward of the ^[d]brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the ^[e]brook and ^[f]it ended at the sea. ¹⁰ The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was ^[g]their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east. ¹¹ In Issachar and in Asher, ^(D)Manasseh had Beth-shean and its towns and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, the third is ^(E)Napheth. ^12 (F)But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. ¹³ It came about when the sons of Israel became strong, ^(G)they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not ^[h]drive them out completely.

¹⁴ Then the ^(H)sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, “Why have you given me only one lot and one portion for an inheritance, since I am a numerous people whom the Lord has thus far blessed?” ¹⁵ Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go ^[i]up to the forest and ^[j]clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.” ¹⁶ The sons of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have ^(I)chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the valley of Jezreel.” ¹⁷ Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, “You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only, ¹⁸ but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall ^[k]clear it, and to its ^[l]farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall ^[m]drive out the Canaanites, even though they have ^(J)chariots of iron and though they are strong.”