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

Also this border goeth down unto the [b]river Kanah Southward to the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: and the border of Manasseh is on the North side of the river, and the ends of it are at the [c]Sea,

10 The South pertaineth to Ephraim, and the North to Manasseh, and the sea is his border: and they met together in [d]Asher Northward, and in Issachar Eastward.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:8 Meaning, the city itself.
  2. Joshua 17:9 Or, the brook of reeds.
  3. Joshua 17:9 That is, toward the main sea.
  4. Joshua 17:10 In the tribe of Asher, and tribe of Issachar.

(Manasseh had the land of Tappuah, but Tappuah(A) itself, on the boundary of Manasseh, belonged to the Ephraimites.) Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine.(B) There were towns belonging to Ephraim lying among the towns of Manasseh, but the boundary of Manasseh was the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. 10 On the south the land belonged to Ephraim, on the north to Manasseh. The territory of Manasseh reached the Mediterranean Sea and bordered Asher(C) on the north and Issachar(D) on the east.(E)

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