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The boundary ran southward from there to include the people living at En Tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The boundary of the tribe of Manasseh extended from the border of Asher to Micmethath, near Shechem. Then the boundary went south from Micmethath to the settlement near the spring of Tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem. Then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that <i>lieth</i> before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the territory of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, that <i>lies</i> east of Shechem; and the border went along south to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The border of Manasseh ran from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border went southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The border of Manasseh ran from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border went southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the border of Manasseh ran from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border went southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And the border of Manasseh ran from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border went southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border went southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem. It then went southward toward the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem. It then went southward toward the inhabitants of En-tappuah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joshua/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The land of the Manasseh tribe went from its northern border with the Asher tribe south to Michmethath, which is to the east of Shechem. The southern border started there, but curved even farther south to include the people who lived around Tappuah Spring. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Manasseh's border extends from Asher to Michmethath, which faces Shechem. Then the border goes south toward the people who live in En Tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath, east of Shechem. The border then went south to include the people of Entappuah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The border of Manasseh proceeded from Asher to Michmethath east of Shechem, then turned south to include the inhabitants of En-tappuach. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The border of Manasseh went from Asher to Micmethath which is near Shechem. It then went south toward those who live in Tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem. The border went along to the right hand to Jashub and to En Tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem. The border went along to the right hand, to the inhabitants of En Tappuah. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the border of Manasseh is from Asher to Michmethah, which [is] on the front of Shechem, and the border has gone on to the right, to the inhabitants of En-Tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the border of Manasseh is from Asher to Michmethah, which is on the front of Shechem, and the border hath gone on unto the right, unto the inhabitants of En-Tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the bound of Manasseh will be from Asher to Michmethah, which is upon the face of Shechem; and the bound went to the right hand to the inhabitants of the Fountain of Tappuah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the border of Manasses was from Aser, Machmethath which looketh towards Sichem: and it goeth out on the right hand by the inhabitants of the fountain of Taphua. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which looks out toward Shechem. And it goes out, to the right, beside the inhabitants of the Fountain of Tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Manasseh bordered on Asher. From Michmethath, near Shechem, another boundary ran southward to include the inhabitants of En-Tappuah,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethath, which is east of Shechem; then the boundary goes along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the border of Manasseh was from the boundary of Maacath, which lies on the right hand of the inhabitants of En-tappuah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the border of the children of Manasheh was from the border of Makath that is on the right hand of the inhabitants of Eyn Tapukh<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the border of Manasseh was, beginning from Asher, Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the borders of the sons of Manasse were Delanath, which is before the sons of Anath, and it proceeds to the borders <i>even</i> to Jamin and Jassib to the fountain of Thaphthoth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/17-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=4385" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/17.htm">Manasseh's Inheritance</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: ḡə·ḇūl- (N-msc) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed.">Now the border</a> <a href="/hebrew/4519.htm" title="4519: mə·naš·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- From nashah; causing to forget; Menashsheh, a grandson of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">of Manasseh</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: way·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/836.htm" title="836: mê·’ā·šêr (Prep-m:: N-proper-ms) -- From 'ashar, happy; Asher, a son of Jacob, and the tribe descended from him, with its territory; also a place in Palestine.">from Asher</a> <a href="/hebrew/4366.htm" title="4366: ham·miḵ·mə·ṯāṯ (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- A place in N.E. Ephraim. Apparently from an unused root meaning to hide; concealment; Mikmethath, a place in Palestine.">to Michmethath</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">near</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7927.htm" title="7927: šə·ḵem (N-proper-fs) -- Ridge, a district in N. Pal., also a son of Hamor. The same as shkem; ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine.">Shechem,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1366.htm" title="1366: hag·gə·ḇūl (Art:: N-ms) -- Border, boundary, territory. Or gbul; from gabal; properly, a cord, i.e. a boundary; by extens. The territory inclosed."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wə·hā·laḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">then</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">southward</a> <a href="/hebrew/3225.htm" title="3225: hay·yā·mîn (Art:: N-fs) -- Right hand. From yaman; the right hand or side of a person or other object; locally, the south."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to include</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·šə·ḇê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">the inhabitants</a> <a href="/hebrew/5887.htm" title="5887: ‘ênFrom ayin and tappuwach; fountain of an apple-tree; En-Tappuach, a place in Palestine."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5887.htm" title="5887: tap·pū·aḥ (N-proper-fs) -- From ayin and tappuwach; fountain of an apple-tree; En-Tappuach, a place in Palestine.">of En-tappuah.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>The region of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah itself, on the border of Manasseh, belonged to Ephraim.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/34-2.htm">Numbers 34:2-12</a></span><br />“Command the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land of Canaan, it will be allotted to you as an inheritance with these boundaries: / Your southern border will extend from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom. On the east, your southern border will run from the end of the Salt Sea, / cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/16-1.htm">Joshua 16:1-4</a></span><br />The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. / It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz) and proceeded to the border of the Archites in Ataroth. / Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/3-13.htm">Deuteronomy 3:13-17</a></span><br />To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.) / Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. He renamed Bashan after himself, Havvoth-jair, by which it is called to this day. / To Machir I gave Gilead, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/48-21.htm">Genesis 48:21-22</a></span><br />Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers. / And to you, as one who is above your brothers, I give the ridge of land that I took from the Amorites with my sword and bow.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/7-14.htm">1 Chronicles 7:14-19</a></span><br />The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead. / Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters. / Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/47-13.htm">Ezekiel 47:13-23</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land as an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall receive two portions. / You are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance. / This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/1-27.htm">Judges 1:27-28</a></span><br />At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land. / When Israel became stronger, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor, but they never drove them out completely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/4-7.htm">1 Kings 4:7-19</a></span><br />Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year, / and these were their names: Ben-hur in the hill country of Ephraim; / Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/19-17.htm">2 Samuel 19:17-20</a></span><br />along with a thousand men of Benjamin, as well as Ziba the steward of the house of Saul and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed down to the Jordan before the king / and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king / and said, “My lord, do not hold me guilty, and do not remember your servant’s wrongdoing on the day my lord the king left Jerusalem. May the king not take it to heart. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Isaiah 9:1</a></span><br />Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-13.htm">Matthew 4:13-16</a></span><br />Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, / to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: / “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-3.htm">John 4:3-5</a></span><br />He left Judea and returned to Galilee. / Now He had to pass through Samaria. / So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-14.htm">Acts 7:14-16</a></span><br />Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all. / So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died. / Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1-5</a></span><br />I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel: / “Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-21.htm">Hebrews 11:21</a></span><br />By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lies before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand to the inhabitants of Entappuah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Joshua 16:6-8</a></b></br> And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; … </p><p class="hdg">Shechem</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/20-7.htm">Joshua 20:7</a></b></br> And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which <i>is</i> Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/21-21.htm">Joshua 21:21</a></b></br> For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, <i>to be</i> a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/24-1.htm">Joshua 24:1,32</a></b></br> And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/33-24.htm">Asher</a> <a href="/joshua/16-8.htm">Border</a> <a href="/joshua/16-3.htm">Coast</a> <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">East</a> <a href="/joshua/15-62.htm">En</a> <a href="/joshua/15-11.htm">Extended</a> <a href="/joshua/14-2.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/numbers/34-3.htm">Include</a> <a href="/joshua/15-63.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/numbers/23-24.htm">Lieth</a> <a href="/joshua/17-6.htm">Manasseh</a> <a href="/joshua/17-6.htm">Manas'seh</a> <a href="/joshua/17-6.htm">Manasseh's</a> <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Michmethah</a> <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Michmethath</a> <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Mich-Me'thath</a> <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Micmethath</a> <a href="/joshua/15-3.htm">Ran</a> <a href="/joshua/16-7.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/joshua/9-25.htm">Right</a> <a href="/joshua/17-2.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/joshua/15-21.htm">Southward</a> <a href="/joshua/16-8.htm">Tappuah</a> <a href="/joshua/16-5.htm">Territory</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/17-10.htm">Asher</a> <a href="/joshua/17-8.htm">Border</a> <a href="/joshua/17-9.htm">Coast</a> <a href="/joshua/17-10.htm">East</a> <a href="/joshua/18-16.htm">En</a> <a href="/joshua/18-14.htm">Extended</a> <a href="/joshua/19-27.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-6.htm">Include</a> <a href="/joshua/17-11.htm">Inhabitants</a> <a href="/joshua/18-13.htm">Lieth</a> <a href="/joshua/17-8.htm">Manasseh</a> <a href="/joshua/17-8.htm">Manas'seh</a> <a href="/joshua/17-10.htm">Manasseh's</a> <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Michmethah</a> <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Michmethath</a> <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Mich-Me'thath</a> <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Micmethath</a> <a href="/joshua/18-17.htm">Ran</a> <a href="/joshua/17-10.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/joshua/20-3.htm">Right</a> <a href="/joshua/20-7.htm">Shechem</a> <a href="/joshua/17-9.htm">Southward</a> <a href="/joshua/17-8.htm">Tappuah</a> <a href="/joshua/17-10.htm">Territory</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/17-1.htm">The lot of Manasseh</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/17-7.htm">His coast</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/17-12.htm">The Canaanites not driven out</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/17-14.htm">The children of Joseph obtain another lot</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The reference to "Asher" here is not the tribe of Asher but a location within the territory of Manasseh. This indicates the starting point of the boundary line. The land allocation for Manasseh was part of the division of Canaan among the tribes of Israel, as commanded by God to Joshua. This division fulfilled the promises made to the patriarchs about the land inheritance.<p><b>to Michmethath near Shechem</b><br>Michmethath is a location whose exact site is uncertain today, but it is described as being near Shechem, a significant city in biblical history. Shechem was a central city in the hill country of Ephraim and held historical and religious importance. It was the first place where Abraham built an altar to the Lord in Canaan. Shechem later became a city of refuge and a Levitical city, highlighting its continued importance in Israelite society.<p><b>then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah</b><br>En-tappuah, or the "spring of Tappuah," was a location within the territory of Manasseh. The mention of inhabitants suggests a settled area, possibly a village or town. The direction "southward" indicates the boundary line's movement, emphasizing the specific allocation of land to the tribe of Manasseh. This allocation was part of the broader fulfillment of God's promise to give the Israelites a land flowing with milk and honey, a theme that runs throughout the Old Testament.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/manasseh.htm">Manasseh</a></b><br>One of the tribes of Israel, descended from Joseph's son Manasseh. This tribe was allotted land on both sides of the Jordan River.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/asher.htm">Asher</a></b><br>A location marking the boundary of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh. Not to be confused with the tribe of Asher, another of the twelve tribes of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/michmethath.htm">Michmethath</a></b><br>A place east of Shechem, serving as a geographical marker in the delineation of Manasseh's territory.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/shechem.htm">Shechem</a></b><br>An ancient city of great significance in Israel's history, located in the hill country of Ephraim. It was a city of refuge and a center of worship.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/en-tappuah.htm">En-tappuah</a></b><br>A location included within the southern boundary of Manasseh's territory, indicating the extent of their land.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_promises.htm">Understanding God's Promises</a></b><br>The delineation of land for Manasseh is a fulfillment of God's promises to the patriarchs. It reminds us of God's faithfulness in keeping His word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_boundaries.htm">The Importance of Boundaries</a></b><br>Just as physical boundaries were important for the tribes of Israel, spiritual and moral boundaries are crucial for believers today to maintain a life that honors God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/heritage_and_identity.htm">Heritage and Identity</a></b><br>The inheritance of land was tied to the identity of the tribes. As Christians, our identity is rooted in Christ, and we are called to live in a way that reflects our spiritual heritage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_cooperation.htm">Community and Cooperation</a></b><br>The shared boundaries between Manasseh and other tribes highlight the need for cooperation and unity among God's people, a principle that applies to the church today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_context_and_faith.htm">Historical Context and Faith</a></b><br>Understanding the historical context of biblical events enriches our faith and helps us see the continuity of God's plan throughout history.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/1_chr_7_14-15__resolve_manasseh_lineage.htm">1 Chronicles 7:14-15 - How do we reconcile the lineage of Manasseh here with conflicting genealogical details elsewhere in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_joshua_17_7-10_boundaries_match_archaeology.htm">Joshua 17:7-10: Do these boundary descriptions align with any archaeological evidence, or do they contradict known data about ancient Canaan?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_couldn't_manasseh_defeat_canaanites.htm">Joshua 17:12: Why couldn't Manasseh drive out the Canaanites if God had already promised total victory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_psalm_60_7_tribes_align_historically.htm">Psalm 60:7 mentions Gilead, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Judah; how do these tribal borders align (or conflict) with other historical and biblical records of Israel's territories?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Coast</span>. Rather, <span class="accented">border. <span class="cmt_word"></span>Asher</span>. This has been supposed not to be the <span class="accented">tribe</span> of Asher, for this was on the north, but a city which has been identified with the modern Yasir, about five hours' distance from Nablous, or Neapolis, on the road to Beisan,or Beth-shean, where, says Delitzsch, there are "magnificent ruins" now to be seen. See, however, note ver. 10. <span class="cmt_word">Michmethah</span> (see <a href="/joshua/16-6.htm">Joshua 16:6</a>). This place has not been identified. All we know is that it is opposite (<span class="hebrew">עַל־פְנֵי</span>) Shechem. Some have thought that this is simply the denominative of Asher, to distinguish it from the tribe, and that for "Asher to Michmethah" we should read "Asher-ham-Michmethah." But this could hardly be the Yasir above, since it is opposite Shechem. <span class="cmt_word">Shechem</span>. Now Nablous. This place is famous both in the Old and the New Testament. We first read of it, under the name of Sichem, in <a href="/genesis/12-6.htm">Genesis 12:6</a>. It was the abode of Shechem and Hamor his son, when Jacob abode in Canaan after his return from Padan-aram. It was situated between Gerizim and Ebal, and became an important city in the days of the Judges (<a href="/judges/9.htm">Judges 9</a>.). It was destroyed by Abimelech (<a href="/judges/9-45.htm">Judges 9:45</a>), but it seems to have recovered. It was thither that Rehoboam went to be crowned, and there that his injudicious answer alienated forever the ten tribes from his rule. Jeroboam made it his capital and is said to have "built" it (<a href="/1_kings/12-25.htm">1 Kings 12:25</a>). He afterwards, however, abandoned it for Penuel, and Penuel again apparently for Tirzah (<a href="/1_kings/14-17.htm">1 Kings 14:17</a>), and Tirzah for Jezreel, which remained the capital until Omri built Samaria (<a href="/1_kings/16-24.htm">1 Kings 16:24</a>). It is no doubt the Sychar mentioned in St. <a href="/john/4.htm">John 4</a>. Most travelers have admired the picturesque situation of Shechem. It has even extorted a tribute from Dr. Peterman, in his 'Reisen im Orient,' a work which, however full of valuable information regarding the condition and customs of the people, does not abound m description of scenery. He becomes almost poetical as he speaks of this town, resting on the slopes of Gerizim, a mountain fruitful to its summit, and having opposite the bare, stony el Ebal, its outline unrelieved by verdure, the haunt of jackals, whose howls, like the cry of wailing children in distress, disturb the silence of the night. Thomson ('Land and the Book,' p. 470) thus describes the scene: "A valley green with grass, grey with olives, gardens sloping down on each side, fresh springs rushing down in all directions; at the end a white town embosomed in all this verdure lodged between the two high mountains which extend on each side of the valley; this is the aspect of Nablous, the most beautiful, perhaps it might be said the only beautiful, spot in Central Palestine. Thirty-two springs can be traced in different parts. Here the bilbul delights to sit and sing, and thousands of other birds delight to swell the chorus." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/17-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now the border</span><br /><span class="heb">גְבוּל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḡə·ḇūl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1366.htm">Strong's 1366: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cord, a boundary, the territory inclosed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Manasseh</span><br /><span class="heb">מְנַשֶּׁה֙</span> <span class="translit">(mə·naš·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4519.htm">Strong's 4519: </a> </span><span class="str2">Manasseh -- 'causing to forget', a son of Joseph, also a king of Judah, also two Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְהִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(way·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from Asher</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽאָשֵׁ֔ר</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ā·šêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_836.htm">Strong's 836: </a> </span><span class="str2">Asher -- 'happy one', a son of Jacob, also the tribe descended from him, also perhaps a city in Palestine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Michmethath</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽמִּכְמְתָ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miḵ·mə·ṯāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4366.htm">Strong's 4366: </a> </span><span class="str2">Michmethath -- a place in southeast Ephraim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">near</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Shechem,</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7927.htm">Strong's 7927: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">then</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָלַ֤ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·laḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">southward</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to include</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the inhabitants</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹשְׁבֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(yō·šə·ḇê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of En-tappuah.</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּפּֽוּחַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(tap·pū·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5887.htm">Strong's 5887: </a> </span><span class="str2">En-tappuah -- 'place of an apple tree', a city in Ephraim</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/17-7.htm">Joshua 17:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/17-7.htm">Joshua 17:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/17-7.htm">Joshua 17:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/17-7.htm">Joshua 17:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/17-7.htm">Joshua 17:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/17-7.htm">Joshua 17:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/17-7.htm">Joshua 17:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/17-7.htm">Joshua 17:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/17-7.htm">Joshua 17:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/17-7.htm">Joshua 17:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/17-7.htm">OT History: Joshua 17:7 The border of Manasseh was from Asher (Josh. 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