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Joshua 17:7

Joshua 17:7
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher,.... Not from the border of the tribe of Asher, as Kimchi, in which he is followed by Vatablus; for that was at too great a distance; but a city of the tribe…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Asher - Not the tribe so called, but a place somewhere toward the eastern end of the boundary line here drawn: perhaps “Teyasir,” on the road from Sichem to Beth-shean.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Joshua 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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Joshua 17:7-13

Boundaries of Western Manasseh

7. And the coast We now have a description of the boundaries of Manasseh. And first (a), Jos 17:7-10, of the southernboundary towards Ephraim; and (b), second, Jos…