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 | | The Tribe of Manasseh (Hebrew alphabet מְנַשֶּׁה, Samaritan Hebrew Manatch, Standard Hebrew Mənašše, Tiberian Hebrew Mənaššeh: from נשני naššānî "who makes to forget") is one of the Hebrew tribes, which the Bible says was founded by Manasseh, the son of Joseph. |
 | | The half of this tribe, identified as the family of Machir, along with Reuben and Gad, had their territory assigned them by Moses on the east of the Jordan (); but it was left for Joshua to define the limits of each tribe. |
 | | On the west of the Jordan the other half of the tribe of Manasseh was associated with Ephraim, and they had their portion in the very center of Israel, an area of about 1,300 square miles (3400 km²), the most valuable part of the whole country, abounding in springs of water. |
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