Joshua 17:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ And the western border started at Micmethath. The border turned to the east to Taanath Shiloh and continued east to Janoah.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Because the [five] daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his [five] sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the other [half] of the Manassites.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged unto the rest of the sons of Manasseh.

Common English Bible

⁶ This was because the daughters of Manasseh received a legacy along with his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the people of Manasseh.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And so the daughters of Manasseh possessed an inheritance in the midst of his sons. But the land of Gilead fell by lot to the sons of Manasseh that were left.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ For the daughters of Manasses possessed inheritance in the midst of his sons. And the land of Galaad fell to the lot of the rest of the children of Manasses.

Joshua 17:6 Cross References

Joshua 13:29

This is the land Moses gave to half of the family group of Manasseh. Half of all the families in the family group of Manasseh got this land:

Joshua 13:30

The land started at Mahanaim. The land included all of Bashan, all the land ruled by Og, king of Bashan, all the towns of Jair in Bashan. (In all, there were 60 cities.)

Joshua 13:31

The land also included half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei. (Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei were the cities where king Og had lived.) All this land was given to the family of Makir son of Manasseh. Half of all those sons got this land.

Joshua 17:5

So the family group of Manasseh had ten areas of land west of the Jordan River and two more areas of land, Gilead and Bashan, on the other side of the Jordan River.

Joshua 17:7

Then the border went from Janoah down to Ataroth and to Naarah. The border continued until it touched Jericho and stopped at the Jordan River.

Joshua 22:7

Moses had given the land of Bashan to half of the Manasseh family group. Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan River to the other half of the Manasseh family group. Joshua blessed them and sent them home.