Bible Verses About The Tribe Of Manasseh

Joseph is a fruitful son; A fruitful son by a fountain, Daughters step over the wall;

And embitter him--yea, they have striven, Yea, hate him do archers;

And his bow abideth in strength, And strengthened are the arms of his hands By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, Whence is a shepherd, a son of Israel.

By the God of thy father who helpeth thee, And the Mighty One who blesseth thee, Blessings of the heavens from above, Blessings of the deep lying under, Blessings of breasts and womb; --

Thy father's blessings have been mighty Above the blessings of my progenitors, Unto the limit of the heights age-during They are for the head of Joseph, And for the crown of the one Separate from his brethren.

On the eighth day, the prince of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; --

his offering is one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels ; one silver bowl of seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of flour mixed with oil, for a present;

one golden spoon of ten shekels , full of perfume;

one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;

one kid of the goats for a sin-offering;

and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs, sons of a year; this is the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

Sons of Manasseh: of Machir is the family of the Machirite; and Machir hath begotten Gilead; of Gilead is the family of the Gileadite.

These are sons of Gilead: of Jeezer is the family of the Jeezerite; of Helek the family of the Helekite;

and of Asriel the family of the Asrielite; and of Shechem the family of the Shechemite;

and of Shemida the family of the Shemidaite; and of Hepher the family of the Hepherite.

And Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but daughters, and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad are Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

And daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh son of Joseph, draw near--and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah--

and stand before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and all the company, at the opening of the tent of meeting, saying:

`Our father died in the wilderness, and he--he was not in the midst of the company who were met together against Jehovah in the company of Korah, but for his own sin he died, and had no sons;

why is the name of our father withdrawn from the midst of his family because he hath no son? give to us a possession in the midst of the brethren of our father;'

and Moses bringeth near their cause before Jehovah.

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

`Rightly are the daughters of Zelophehad speaking; thou dost certainly give to them a possession of an inheritance in the midst of their father's brethren, and hast caused to pass over the inheritance of their father to them.

And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite, who is in it;

and Moses giveth Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelleth in it.