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for the daughters of Manasseh were assigned land among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.

The border of Manasseh went[a] from Asher to Micmethath, which is near[b] Shechem. It then went south toward those who live by En Tappuah.[c] (The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:7 tn Heb “was.”
  2. Joshua 17:7 tn Heb “in front of”; perhaps “east of.”
  3. Joshua 17:7 tn Or “the spring of Tappuah.”

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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