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Selected Verse: Joshua 17:10 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jos 17:10 |
Strong Concordance |
Southward [05045] it was Ephraim's [0669], and northward [06828] it was Manasseh's [04519], and the sea [03220] is his border [01366]; and they met together [06293] in Asher [0836] on the north [06828], and in Issachar [03485] on the east [04217]. |
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King James |
Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Southward - i. e. of the river Kanah.
Render, "they (i. e. the two kindred tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, the northern border being treated here as common to the two) reached unto Asher." (See the map.) The northern border is only indicated in general terms, perhaps because the Israelites were not yet completely masters of this part of the country, and so had not precisely determined it. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
His border - Manasseh's, whose portion is here described, and whose name was last mentioned. In Asher - That is, upon the tribe of Asher; for though Zebulon came between Asher and them for the greatest part of their land; yet it seems there was some necks of land, both of Ephraim's and of Manasseh's, which jutted out farther than the rest, and touched the borders of Asher. And it is certain there were many such incursions of the land of one tribe upon some parcels of another, although they were otherwise considerably distant one from the other. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
They met together in Asher on the north - The tribe of Asher extended from the Mediterranean Sea to Mount Carmel, Jos 19:26, and the tribe of Manasseh extended to Dor and her towns, (see the following verse, Jos 17:11 (note)), which were in the vicinity of Carmel; and thus it appears that these two tribes formed a junction at the Mediterranean Sea. This may serve to remove the difficulties in this verse; but still it does appear that in several cases the tribes were intermingled; for Manasseh had several towns, both in Issachar and in Asher, see Jos 17:11. In like manner, Judah had towns in Dan and Simeon; and Simeon had towns in Judah; and what is spoken of the boundaries of the tribes, may be sometimes understood of those towns which certain tribes had within the limits of others. For, in several cases, towns seem to be interchanged, or purchased, by mutual consent, so that in some instances the possessions were intermingled, without any confusion of the tribes or families. |
11 And Manasseh [04519] had in Issachar [03485] and in Asher [0836] Bethshean [01052] and her towns [01323], and Ibleam [02991] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Dor [01756] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Endor [05874] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Taanach [08590] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Megiddo [04023] and her towns [01323], even three [07969] countries [05316].
11 And Manasseh [04519] had in Issachar [03485] and in Asher [0836] Bethshean [01052] and her towns [01323], and Ibleam [02991] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Dor [01756] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Endor [05874] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Taanach [08590] and her towns [01323], and the inhabitants [03427] of Megiddo [04023] and her towns [01323], even three [07969] countries [05316].
26 And Alammelech [0487], and Amad [06008], and Misheal [04861]; and reacheth [06293] to Carmel [03760] westward [03220], and to Shihorlibnath [07884];