Manasseh will have one portion; it will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
Joshua 17:5 - New International Version (Anglicised) Manasseh’s share consisted of ten tracts of land besides Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So there fell ten portions to Manasseh besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of the Jordan, American Standard Version (1901) And there fell ten parts to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan; Common English Bible Manasseh had ten parcels in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan on the other side of the Jordan. Catholic Public Domain Version And by lot, there fell ten portions to Manasseh, aside from the land of Gilead and Bashan beyond the Jordan. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there fell ten portions to Manasses, beside the land of Galaad and Basan beyond the Jordan. |
Manasseh will have one portion; it will border the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
It also included Gilead, the territory of the people of Geshur and Maakah, all of Mount Hermon and all Bashan as far as Salekah –
The people of Joseph said to Joshua, ‘Why have you allotted us only one portion of land and one share for an inheritance? We are a numerous people, and the Lord has blessed us abundantly.’
They went to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, ‘The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our relatives.’ So Joshua gave them an inheritance along with the brothers of their father, according to the Lord’s command.
because the daughters of the tribe of Manasseh received an inheritance among the sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh.
(To the half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given land in Bashan, and to the other half of the tribe Joshua gave land on the west side of the Jordan along with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, he blessed them,