Joshua 16:9 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 16:9

along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.

BSB

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ASV

together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

KJV

And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The verb “were,” introduced by the King James Version in this verse should be omitted; and the full stop after Jos 16:8 replaced by a colon. The purport of Jos 16:9 is simply to add to the inheritance of Ephraim, defined by the preceding context, “the separate cities” or more properly “single cities” which were allotted to them in addition within the borders of Manasseh. The reasons for granting these additional cities to the Ephraimites can only be conjectured.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The separate cities - That is, besides those cities which were within Ephraim's bounds, he had some other cities, to which all of all their territories were annexed out Manasseh's portion, because his tribe was all here, and was larger than Manasseh's.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהֶעָרִ֗ים	ve.he.'a.Rim	and the cities	H5892 →
הַמִּבְדָּלוֹת֙	ha.miv.da.lOt	the separate places	H3995 →
לִבְנֵ֣י	liv.Nei	for [the] descendants of	H1121 →
אֶפְרַ֔יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	Ephraim	H669 →
בְּת֖וֹךְ	be.Tokh	[are] in [the] midst of	H8432 →
נַחֲלַ֣ת	na.cha.Lat	[the] inheritance of	H5159 →
בְּנֵֽי־	be.nei-	[the] descendants of	H1121 →
מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה	me.na.Sheh	Manasseh	H4519 →
כָּֽל־	kal-	all	H3605 →
הֶעָרִ֖ים	he.'a.Rim	the cities	H5892 →
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃	ve.chatz.rei.Hen	and villages their	H2691 →

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Joshua 17:9
From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the…
leads to
- Joshua 16:3
  Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.
- Joshua 16:8–9
  From Tappuah the border went westward to the Brook of Kanah and ended at the Sea. This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Ephraim,
- Joshua 19:29
  The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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About Joshua