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.
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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.
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And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
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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. —
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- Joshua 21:21 They gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
- Genesis 34:2 Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
- Genesis 37:12 His brothers went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.
- Genesis 37:14 He said to him, “Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again.” So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- Joshua 16:6-8 The border went out westward at Michmethath on the north. The border turned about eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah. It went down from Janoah to Ataroth, to Naarah, reached to Jericho, and went out at the Jordan. From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah; and ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families;
- Joshua 20:7 They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
- Joshua 24:1 Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
- Joshua 24:32 They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of silver. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
- Judges 9:1 Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s brothers, and spoke with them and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,
- 1 Kings 12:1 Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.
- 1 Kings 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived in it; and he went out from there, and built Penuel.
- 1 Chronicles 6:67 They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jos 17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from…
Jos 17:7 And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that [lieth] before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.
Ver. 7. And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher.] Which was a town, say some, seated at the south-east end of Manasseh’s lot.
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Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain We have here a short account of the lot…
We have here a short account of the lot of this half tribe. It reached from Jordan on the east to the great sea on the west; on the south it lay all along contiguous to Ephraim, but on the north it abutted upon Asher and Issachar. Asher lay north-west, and Issachar north-east, which seems to be the meaning of that (Jos 17:10), that they (that is, Manasseh and Ephraim, as related to it, both together making the tribe of Joseph) met in Asher on the north and Issachar on the east, for Ephraim itself reached not those tribes. Some things are particularly observed concerning this lot: - 1. That there was great communication between this tribe and that of Ephraim. The city of Tappuah belonged to Ephraim, but the country adjoining to Manasseh (Jos 17:8); there were likewise many cities of Ephraim that lay within the border of Manasseh (Jos 17:9), of which before, Jos 16:9. 2. That Manasseh likewise had cities with their appurtenances in the tribes of Issachar and Asher (Jos 17:11), God so ordering it, that though every tribe had its peculiar inheritance, which might not be alienated from it, yet they should thus intermix one with another, to keep up mutual acquaintance and correspondence among the tribes, and to give occasion for the doing of good offices one to another, as became those who, though of different tribes, were all one Israel, and were bound to love as brethren. 3. That they suffered the Canaanites to live among them, contrary to the command of God, serving their own ends by conniving at them, for they made them tributaries, Jos 17:12, Jos 17:13. The Ephraimites had done the same (Jos 16:10), and from them perhaps the Manassites learned it, and with their example excused themselves in it. The most remarkable person of this half tribe in after-time was Gideon, whose great actions were done within this lot. He was of the family of Abiezer; Cesarea was in this lot, and Antipatris, famed in the latter ages of the Jewish state.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher,.... Not…
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher,.... Not from the border of the tribe of Asher, as Kimchi, in which he is followed by Vatablus; for that was at too great a distance; but a city of the tribe of Manasseh; and in Jerom's (l) time a village of this name was shown fifteen miles from Neapolis or Shechem, as you go from thence to Scythopolis, near the public road:
to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; the same place mentioned in the description of the border of Ephraim; see Gill on Jos 16:6,
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and the border went along on the right hand, unto the inhabitants of Entappuah; that is, leaving this place, and its inhabitants to the right, which was a place in the land of that name, next mentioned; and seems to be so called from a fountain in it, or near it, as well as from a multitude of apples growing there, and with which perhaps the country abounded, of which in Jos 17:8.
(l) De loc. Heb. fol. 88. G.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Asher - Not the tribe so called, but a…
Asher - Not the tribe so called, but a place somewhere toward the eastern end of the boundary line here drawn: perhaps “Teyasir,” on the road from Sichem to Beth-shean.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Aser was contiguous to Machmethath, 15 miles from Sichem,…
Aser was contiguous to Machmethath, 15 miles from Sichem, towards Scythopolis. (St. Jerome) (Calmet) --- The limits of Manasses are described from the south, where he joins Ephraim, chap. xvi. 6. (Calmet)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain THIS COAST. (Jos 17:7-11)
THIS COAST. (Jos 17:7-11)
the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah--The southern boundary is here traced from the east. Asher (now Yasir), the starting point, was a town fifteen Roman miles east of Shechem, and anciently a place of importance.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 7. Coast of Manasseh — The southern boundary from…
7. Coast of Manasseh — The southern boundary from east to west. “The author gives the boundary again from east to west, as in the case of Judah, (Jos_15:2, ff,) the sons of Joseph (Jos_16:1, ff,) and Benjamin, Jos_18:12, ff. So the author of the Apocalypse, also, names the gates of the New Jerusalem, beginning from the east, (Rev_21:13,) and Ezekiel (Eze_48:1, ff) designates the several tribe divisions in the like manner from east to west.” — Fay.] Asher is here not the portion of the tribe, which could not constitute a starting point for a line, but a city, probably the modern Yasir, about half way between Shechem and Beth-shean, or about fifteen miles northeast of the former city. For Michmethah and river Kanah, see on Jos_16:6-8. Shechem is a very ancient city, called Neapolis, corrupted to Nabulus and Nablus, in the narrow valley between Mounts Ebal and Gerizim. See note and cuts at Joh_4:5. “The streets are narrow; the houses high and in general well built, all of stone, with domes upon the roofs, as at Jerusalem.” — Robinson. En-tappuah some understand of a fountain near the city of Tappuah, (Jos_16:8;) others, as another name of the city itself. The land of Tappuah mentioned in the next verse must mean the country in the neighbourhood of Tappuah.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7–13. Boundaries of Western Manasseh
7–13. Boundaries of Western Manasseh
7. And the coast] We now have a description of the boundaries of Manasseh. And first (a), Jos_17:7-10, of the southern boundary towards Ephraim; and (b), second, Jos_17:10-11, of the northern and eastern boundaries.
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was from Asher] The description of the southern boundary commences at the eastern end. The Asher here spoken of is not the tribe of Asher, but a city on the east of Shechem. Eusebius places it on the road from Shechem to Bethshean. “Three quarters of an hour from Tûbâs is the hamlet of Teyâsîr, which may probably be identified with Asher, a town of Manasseh.” Porter’s Handbook, ii. 348.
to Michmethah] See ch. Jos_16:6. It is described as facing Shechem (Nablûs).
the border went along] The boundary now turned towards the right in a northerly direction, to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Coast. Rather, border. Asher. This has been supposed not…
Coast. Rather, border. Asher. This has been supposed not to be the tribe 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. Michmethah. (see Jos_16:6) This place has not been identified. All we know is that it is opposite (ynepAl) 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. Shechem. 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 Gen_12:6. 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. (Jud_1:9) It was destroyed by Abimelech, (Jud_1:9:45) 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. (1Ki_12:25) He afterwards, however, abandoned it for Penuel, and Penuel again apparently for Tirzah, (1Ki_14:17) and Tirzah for Jezreel, which remained the capital until Omri built Samaria. (1Ki_16:24) It is no doubt the Sychar mentioned in St. John 4. 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."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 toward the south
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toward the south
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Mikmethath ... Tappuah
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 17:7-13 As with the tribe of Ephraim, Manasseh’s territory…
17:7-13 As with the tribe of Ephraim, Manasseh’s territory was defined by a general description of its borders.
17:7 Asher was north-northwest of Manasseh, across the Jezreel Valley.
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