Joshua 17:5 details Manasseh's ten portions, showing the specific allocation that led to the complaint.

Joshua 17:17 records Joshua's reply that they are numerous and will not have only one lot, directly answering the complaint.

Joshua 16:4 records that Joseph received their inheritance, setting the stage for this complaint about the portion.

Genesis 48:19 prophesies Manasseh will be great and Ephraim greater — the greatness claimed by Joseph's descendants in Joshua 17:14.

Genesis 49:22-26 blesses Joseph as a fruitful bough — the fruitfulness they now appeal to in Joshua 17:14 as evidence of their size.

Numbers 26:34-37 lists the clans and census numbers of Manasseh and Ephraim — supporting their claim of being a great people in Joshua 17:14.

Deuteronomy 33:13-17 is Moses' blessing promising Joseph abundance and strength — the blessing the Joseph tribes cite as reason for their complaint.

In Numbers 26:54, the law of proportional inheritance by tribe size is given, which Joseph is appealing to in their complaint.

Numbers 26:55 commands division by lot, adding a factor that complicates Joseph's size-based complaint.