Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
Parallel translations
- WEB By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
- KJV And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
- NKJV by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, one section for Manasseh;
- NASB Beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
- NLT Then comes Manasseh south of Naphtali, and its territory also extends from east to west.
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Quick answer
Manasseh receives its portion next, running east to west. The tribes are placed in steady, orderly succession.
Overview
Manasseh, one of Joseph's sons, is allotted its strip in the sequence. The uniform 'one portion' for each tribe underscores fairness in God's distribution. Such ordered inheritance reflects the harmony God establishes among His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Josh 17:1–11Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
- Josh 13:29–31This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:
- Gen 41:51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
- Gen 30:22–24Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
- Gen 48:5And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
- Gen 48:14–20But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
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