Joshua 17:5

Ten shares fell to Manasseh, apart from the land of Gilead and Bashan on the east of the Jordan

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And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;

In Context

4They came before Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the chiefs, urging that the Lord had told Moses to grant them an inheritance along with their male relatives. So, as the Lord had ordered, Joshua gave them an inheritance among the relatives of their father.

6(because the daughters of Manasseh inherited along with their male relatives, and the rest of the descendants of Manasseh held the land of Gilead).

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Cross References

Joshua 13:29Moses also assigned land to the half tribe of Manasseh, according to its clans.

Joshua 17:2The rest of the Manassites, according to their clans, were the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher and Shemida, the male descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph.

Joshua 22:7To the one half tribe of Manasseh Moses had assigned territory in Bashan, but Joshua assigned the other half territory near the fellow Israelites to the west of the Jordan. When Joshua sent them home he blessed them,

Matthew Henry on Joshua 17:2-7

The Inheritance of Joseph's Children. ( b. c. 1444.) 1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. 2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for… Read the whole commentary →

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