Joshua 17:7
in Joshua 17Now the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
KJV
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 En–tappuah.
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This verse in Joshua 17
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
This site's exposition
the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath
on Joshua 17:7-11
Each son of Joseph holds towns inside the other's line, Ephraim within Manasseh at 16:9 and Manasseh six towns inside Issachar and Asher here. All six have later history: the kings of Canaan fight at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo at Judges 5:19, and Saul finds a medium at Endor at 1 Samuel 28:7. The Philistines hang Saul's body on the wall of Beth-shan at 1 Samuel 31:10.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah--The southern boundary is here traced from the east. Asher (now Yasir), the starting point, was a town fifteen Roman miles east of Shechem, and anciently a place of importance.
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The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֤י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| גְבוּל־ | gevul- | [the] border of | H1366 → | 240 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁה֙ | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| מֵֽאָשֵׁ֔ר | measher | from Asher | H836 → | 43 times |
| הַֽמִּכְמְתָ֔ת | hamikhmetat | <the> Micmethath | H4366 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֣י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| שְׁכֶ֑ם | shekhem | Shechem | H7927 → | 63 times |
| וְהָלַ֤ךְ | vehalakh | and it goes | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| הַגְּבוּל֙ | hagevul | the border | H1366 → | 240 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַיָּמִ֔ין | haiyamin | the south | H3225 → | 140 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יֹשְׁבֵ֖י | yoshevei | [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| עֵ֥ין | ʾein | En | H5887 → | |
| תַּפּֽוּחַ׃ | tapuach | Tappuah | H5887 → |
וַיְהִ֤יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
גְבוּל־[the] border of
gevul-H1366 →240 times
מְנַשֶּׁה֙Manasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
מֵֽאָשֵׁ֔רfrom Asher
measherH836 →43 times
הַֽמִּכְמְתָ֔ת<the> Micmethath
hamikhmetatH4366 →
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[is] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֣י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
שְׁכֶ֑םShechem
shekhemH7927 →63 times
וְהָלַ֤ךְand it goes
vehalakhH1980 →1546 times
הַגְּבוּל֙the border
hagevulH1366 →240 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַיָּמִ֔יןthe south
haiyaminH3225 →140 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יֹשְׁבֵ֖י[the] inhabitants of
yosheveiH3427 →1079 times
עֵ֥יןEn
ʾeinH5887 →
תַּפּֽוּחַ׃Tappuah
tapuachH5887 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 24:32And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father,…
it leads to
- Genesis 50:25
And Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath and said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”
- Genesis 33:19
And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.
- Exodus 13:19
Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry…
- Acts 7:16
Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
- Genesis 50:25
Through
Joshua 24:1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
it leads to
- Joshua 23:2
he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
- 1 Samuel 10:19
But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the…
- 1 Kings 12:1
Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 23:2
Through
Joshua 21:21From the tribe of Ephraim they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,
it leads to
- Joshua 20:7
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
- Joshua 20:7
About Joshua

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonLate monarchyManassehJudah's longest-reigning and worst king, who filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; the book names his apostasy as the cause of 586…
- PlaceCentral hill countryShechemThe city between Ebal and Gerizim where Abram built his first altar in the land, where Joshua set the people to choose whom they w…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.
