Joshua 17:4 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

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⁴ And they came near ^H7126 before ^H6440 Eleazar ^H499 the priest, ^H3548 and before ^H6440 Joshua ^H3091 the son ^H1121 of Nun, ^H5126 and before ^H6440 the princes, ^H5387 saying, ^H559 The LORD ^H3068 commanded ^H6680 Moses ^H4872 to give ^H5414 us an inheritance ^H5159 among ^H8432 our brethren. ^H251 Therefore according to the commandment ^H6310 of the LORD ^H3068 he gave ^H5414 them an inheritance ^H5159 among ^H8432 the brethren ^H251 of their father. ^H1

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Numbers 27:5-7 STRONG

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And Moses ^H4872 brought ^H7126 their cause ^H4941 before ^H6440 the LORD. ^H3068 And the LORD ^H3068 spake ^H559 unto Moses, ^H4872 saying, ^H559 The daughters ^H1323 of Zelophehad ^H6765 speak ^H1696 right: ^H3651 thou shalt surely ^H5414 give ^H5414 them a possession ^H272 of an inheritance ^H5159 among ^H8432 their father's ^H1 brethren; ^H251 and thou shalt cause the inheritance ^H5159 of their father ^H1 to pass ^H5674 unto them.

Numbers 34:17-29 STRONG

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These are the names ^H8034 of the men ^H582 which shall divide ^H5157 the land ^H776 unto you: Eleazar ^H499 the priest, ^H3548 and Joshua ^H3091 the son ^H1121 of Nun. ^H5126 And ye shall take ^H3947 one ^H259 prince ^H5387 of every tribe, ^H4294 to divide ^H5157 the land ^H776 by inheritance. ^H5157 And the names ^H8034 of the men ^H582 are these: Of the tribe ^H4294 of Judah, ^H3063 Caleb ^H3612 the son ^H1121 of Jephunneh. ^H3312 And of the tribe ^H4294 of the children ^H1121 of Simeon, ^H8095 Shemuel ^H8050 the son ^H1121 of Ammihud. ^H5989 Of the tribe ^H4294 of Benjamin, ^H1144 Elidad ^H449 the son ^H1121 of Chislon. ^H3692 And the prince ^H5387 of the tribe ^H4294 of the children ^H1121 of Dan, ^H1835 Bukki ^H1231 the son ^H1121 of Jogli. ^H3020 The prince ^H5387 of the children ^H1121 of Joseph, ^H3130 for the tribe ^H4294 of the children ^H1121 of Manasseh, ^H4519 Hanniel ^H2592 the son ^H1121 of Ephod. ^H641 And the prince ^H5387 of the tribe ^H4294 of the children ^H1121 of Ephraim, ^H669 Kemuel ^H7055 the son ^H1121 of Shiphtan. ^H8204 And the prince ^H5387 of the tribe ^H4294 of the children ^H1121 of Zebulun, ^H2074 Elizaphan ^H469 the son ^H1121 of Parnach. ^H6535 And the prince ^H5387 of the tribe ^H4294 of the children ^H1121 of Issachar, ^H3485 Paltiel ^H6409 the son ^H1121 of Azzan. ^H5821 And the prince ^H5387 of the tribe ^H4294 of the children ^H1121 of Asher, ^H836 Ahihud ^H282 the son ^H1121 of Shelomi. ^H8015 And the prince ^H5387 of the tribe ^H4294 of the children ^H1121 of Naphtali, ^H5321 Pedahel ^H6300 the son ^H1121 of Ammihud. ^H5989 These are they whom the LORD ^H3068 commanded ^H6680 to divide the inheritance ^H5157 unto the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 in the land ^H776 of Canaan. ^H3667

Commentary on Joshua 17 Matthew Henry Commentary

John Gill Keil & Delitzsch Robert Jamieson: Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Chapter 17

The half tribe of Manasseh comes next to be provided for; and here we have,

I. The families of that tribe that were to be portioned (v. 1-6).
II. The country that fell to their lot (v. 7-13).
III. The joint request of the two tribes that descended from Joseph, for the enlargement of their lot, and Joshua's answer to that request (v. 14-18).

Jos 17:1-6

Manasseh was itself but one half of the tribe of Joseph, and yet was divided and subdivided.

1. It was divided into two parts, one already settled on the other side Jordan, consisting of those who were the posterity of Machir, v. 1. This Machir was born to Manasseh in Egypt; there he had signalized himself as a man of war, probably in the contests between the Ephraimites and the men of Gath, 1 Chr. 7:21. His warlike disposition descended to his posterity, and therefore Moses gave them Gileaxdand Bashan, on the other side Jordan, of which before, ch. 13:31. It is here said that the lot came to Manasseh, for he was the first-born of Joseph. Bishop Patrick thinks it should be translated, though he was the first-born of Joseph, and then the meaning is plain, that the second lot was for Manasseh, because, though he was the first-born, yet Jacob had preferred Ephraim before him. See the names of those heads of the families that settled on the other side Jordan, 1 Chr. 5:24.
2. That part on this side Jordan as subdivided into ten families, v. 5. There were six sons of Gilead here named (v. 2), the same that are recorded Num. 26:30-32, only that he who is there called Jezeer is here called Abiezer. Five of these sons had each of them their portion; the sixth, which was Hepher, had his male line cut off in his son Zelophehad, who left daughters only, five in number, of whom we have often read, and these five had each of them a portion; though perhaps, they claiming under Hepher, all their five portions were but equal to one of the portions of the five sons. Or if Hepher had other sons besides Zelophehad, in whom the name of his family was kept up, their posterity married to the daughters of Zelophehad the elder brother, and in their right had these portions assigned them. See Num. 36:12. Here is,
- (1.) The claim which the daughters of Zelophehad made, grounded upon the command God gave to Moses concerning them, v. 4. They had themselves, when they were young, pleaded their own cause before Moses, and obtained the grant of an inheritance with their brethren, and now they would not lose the benefit of that grant for want of speaking to Joshua, but seasonably put in their demand themselves, as it should seem, and not their husbands for them.
- (2.) The assignment of their portions according to their claim. Joshua knew very well what God had ordered in their case, and did not object that they having not served in the wars of Canaan there was no reason why they should share in the possessions of Canaan, but readily gave them as inheritance among the brethren of their father. And now they reaped the benefit of their own pious zeal and prudent forecast in this matter. Thus those who take care in the wilderness of this world to make sure to themselves a place in the inheritance of the saints in light will certainly have the comfort of it in the other world, while those that neglect it now will lose it for ever.

Jos 17:7-13

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 (v. 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 (v. 8); there were likewise many cities of Ephraim that lay within the border of Manasseh (v. 9), of which before, ch. 16:9.
2. That Manasseh likewise had cities with their appurtenances in the tribes of Issachar and Asher (v. 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.

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