17:1 The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. 3 The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. 4 They were assigned Gilead and Bashan. 5
1 tn Heb “Anyone who goes out from the doors of your house to the outside, his blood is on his head. We are innocent.”
2 tn Heb “But anyone who is with you in the house, his blood is on our head if a hand should be on him.”
3 tn Heb “and the lot belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph.”
4 tn Heb “to Makir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war.”
5 tn Heb “Gilead and Bashan belonged to him.”