Gilead is mine, and Manasseh, too. Ephraim, my helmet, will produce my warriors, and Judah, my scepter, will produce my kings.
Parallel translations
- WEB Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine. Ephraim also is the defense of my head. Judah is my scepter.
- KJV Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
- BSB Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.
- NKJV Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet for My head; Judah is My lawgiver.
- NASB “Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head; Judah is My scepter.
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Quick answer
God claims the tribes and regions of Israel as his own possession and instruments. It affirms his ownership and rule over his people.
Overview
God names Gilead, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Judah as his, each with its role, Ephraim as helmet and Judah as scepter. The imagery underscores God's sovereign claim over every part of his people. Judah's role as scepter quietly points toward the royal line from which Christ, the true King, would come.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Gen 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
- Deut 33:17The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he will push all the peoples, to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- Josh 13:31Half Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.
- Josh 17:1This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
- 1 Chr 12:37On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all kinds of instruments of war for the battle, one hundred twenty thousand.
- 1 Chr 12:19Some of Manasseh also joined David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle; but they didn’t help them; for the lords of the Philistines sent him away after consultation, saying, “He will desert to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.”
- 1 Sam 28:2David said to Achish, “Therefore you will know what your servant can do.” Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you my bodyguard forever.”
- Josh 17:5–6Ten parts fell to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan;
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