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- Chapter 17
- Verse 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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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…
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.
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…
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…
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