⁷ and divide it as an inheritance^(A) among the nine tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh.”

⁴ for Joseph’s descendants had become two tribes—Manasseh and Ephraim.^(A) The Levites received no share of the land but only towns to live in, with pasturelands for their flocks and herds.^(B)

¹⁷ But Joshua said to the tribes of Joseph—to Ephraim and Manasseh—“You are numerous and very powerful. You will have not only one allotment^(A)