And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
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Gill's Exposition
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan,.... The lot which fell to the half tribe of Manasseh was divided into ten parts:…
Barnes' Notes
Ten portions - i. e. five for the five families descended from the male children of Gilead, and five others for the five daughters of Zelophehad, who represented the sixth family, the Hepherites.
Adam Clarke
There fell ten portions to Manasseh - The Hebrew word חבלי chabley, which we translate portions, signifies literally cords or cables, and intimates that by means of a cord, cable, or what we call a…
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…
Cambridge Bible
And there fell The inheritance they claimed was now allotted them.
ten portions The land allotted to the Manassites had to be divided into ten portions. The male descendants consisted of five…
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