Joshua 17:1-13
THE BOUNDARIES AND CITIES... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BOUNDARIES AND CITIES... [ Continue Reading ]
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh, namely, that east of Jordan, which has already been described several times; FOR HE WAS THE FIRST-BORN OF JOSEPH; TO WIT, FOR MACHIR, THE FIRST-BORN OF MANASSEH, THE FATHER OF GILEAD; BECAUSE HE WAS A MAN OF WAR, THEREFORE HE HAD GILEAD AND BASHAN. Deu... [ Continue Reading ]
There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families, not only for the descendants of Machir: FOR THE CHILDREN. OF ABIEZER, AND FOR THE CHILDREN OF HEIEK, AND FOR THE CHILDREN OF ASRIEL, AND FOR THE CHILDREN OF SHECHEM, AND FOR THE CHILDREN OF HEPHER, AND FOR THE CHILDREN... [ Continue Reading ]
But Zeiophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters, Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:2; AND THESE ARE THE NAMES OF HIS DAUGHTERS, MAHLAH, AND NOAH, HOGLAH, MILCAH, AND TIRZAH. According to the precept which was formulated a... [ Continue Reading ]
And they came near before Eleazar, the priest, and before Joshua, the son of Nun, and before the princes, the official representatives of the people, SAYING, THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES TO GIVE US AN INHERITANCE AMONG OUR BRETHREN, Numbers 27:2. Since the land was now being divided, they claimed their... [ Continue Reading ]
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, in the country west of Jordan, BESIDE THE LAND OF GILEAD AND BASHAN, WHICH WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE JORDAN,... [ Continue Reading ]
because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons; and the rest of Manasseh's sons, those of the line of Machir, HAD THE LAND OF GILEAD. The statement concerning the ten portions allotted to the Manassites is to be understood as follows: "According to this the inheritance coming to... [ Continue Reading ]
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher, a city some sixteen miles northeast of Shechem, TO MICHMETHAH, THAT LIETH BEFORE SHECHEM, Joshua 16:5; AND THE BORDER WENT ALONG ON THE RIGHT HAND, probably on the south side, UNTO THE INHABITANTS, that is, the territory, OF EN-TAPPUAH, the whole region bein... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, the entire country which had formerly been a Canaanitish city-state; BUT TAPPUAH, ON THE BORDER OF MANASSEH, BELONGED TO THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM, for it is the south boundary of Manasseh which is here described;... [ Continue Reading ]
and the coast descended unto the river Kanah (reed-brook), SOUTHWARD OF THE RIVER, the brook being the boundary, Joshua 16:8. THESE CITIES OF EPHRAIM. ARE AMONG THE CITIES OF MANASSEH, that is, the territory on the south side of the brook really belonged to Manasseh, but the cities on the south side... [ Continue Reading ]
Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea, the Mediterranean Sea, IS HIS (western) BORDER; AND THEY MET TOGETHER IN ASHER ON THE NORTH AND IN ISSACHAR ON THE EAST. Their territory bounded that of the tribe of Asher north of them, and that of the tribe of Issachar east... [ Continue Reading ]
And Manasseh, in addition to the territory as now described, HAD IN ISSACHAR AND IN ASHER, in the territories of these two tribes, BETHSHEAN AND HER TOWNS, on the edge of the Jordan Valley, east of Mount Gilboa, AND IBLEAM AND HER TOWNS, AND THE INHABITANTS OF DOR AND HER TOWNS, AND THE INHABITANTS... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, they made no real effort to exterminate the heathen; BUT THE CANAANITES WOULD DWELL IN THAT LAND, in the cities allotted to Manasseh.... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. They were content with making the heathen tributary servants, lacking the spirit which was needed to exterminate them according to the word of the Lord. To... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Joseph, the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, SPAKE UNTO JOSHUA, SAYING, WHY HAST THOU GIVEN ME BUT ONE LOT AND ONE PORTION TO INHERIT, for the two tribes had been treated as one in the division of the land west of Jordan, SEEING I AM A GREAT PEOPLE, FORASMUCH AS THE LORD HATH BLES... [ Continue Reading ]
Joshua's Advice to the Children of Joseph... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua answered them, in a well-deserved reproof, IF THOU BE A GREAT PEOPLE, THEN GET THEE UP TO THE WOOD COUNTRY, the wooded range of hills, either to the northeast toward Mount Gilboa, or to the northwest toward Mount Carmel, AND CUT DOWN FOR THYSELF THERE, clear the forest, IN THE LAND OF THE... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Joseph said, The hill, Mount Ephraim with its tributary ranges, IS NOT ENOUGH FOR US; AND ALL THE CANAANITES THAT DWELL IN THE LAND OF THE VALLEY HAVE CHARIOTS OF IRON, built of wood, but covered with iron, and with heavy iron tires, BOTH THEY WHO ARE OF BETH-SHEAN AND HER TOWNS,... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, denying their request, even TO EPHRAIM AND TO MANASSEH, SAYING, THOU ART A GREAT PEOPLE AND HAST GREAT POWER; THOU SHALL NOT HAVE ONE LOT ONLY;... [ Continue Reading ]
but the mountain shall be thine, by clearing the forested highlands throughout the territory allotted to them they would, as it were, obtain a second lot or portion; FOR IT IS A WOOD, AND THOU SHALL CUT IT DOWN; AND THE OUTGOINGS OF IT SHALL BE THINE, the fields and plains adjoining the forests; FOR... [ Continue Reading ]