Because the daughters of Manasseh did inherit among his sons: and Manasseh’s other sons had the land of Gilead.

¶ So the borders of Manasseh were from Asher to Michmethath that lieth before Shechem, and this border goeth on the right hand, even to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.

The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but [a]Tappuah beside the border of Manasseh belongeth to the sons of Ephraim.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:8 Meaning, the city itself.

because the daughters of the tribe of Manasseh received an inheritance among the sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.

The territory of Manasseh extended from Asher(A) to Mikmethath(B) east of Shechem.(C) The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah. (Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah(D) itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.)

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