7. Manasseh’s border extends from Asher to Michmethath, which faces Shechem. Then the border goes south toward the people who live in En Tappuah.
8. (The land of Tappuah belongs to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belongs to Ephraim.)
9. The border then descends southward to the Kanah River. These cities belong to Ephraim, although they are among Manasseh’s cities. Manasseh’s ⌊southern⌋ border is the river, which ends at the Mediterranean Sea.
10. What is south ⌊of the river⌋ belongs to Ephraim, and what is north ⌊of it⌋ belongs to Manasseh. So the Mediterranean Sea ⌊is its western border⌋, Asher its northern border, and Issachar its eastern border.
11. In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh possessed Beth Shean and Ibleam with their villages and the people living in Dor, En Dor, Taanach, and Megiddo and their villages. The last three are on mountain ridges.
12. But Manasseh was not able to take possession of these cities since the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
13. When the Israelites became strong enough, they made the Canaanites do forced labor, since they didn’t force all of them out.