Joshua 17 · Verse 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 En–tappuah.
Joshua 17:7, King James Version

Joshua 17:7 in other translations

BSBNow the border of Manasseh went from Asher to Michmethath near Shechem, then southward to include the inhabitants of En-tappuah.
WEBThe border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem. The border went along to the right hand, to the inhabitants of En Tappuah.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd the border of Manasseh is from Asher to Michmethah, which is on the front of Shechem, and the border hath gone on unto the right, unto the inhabitants of En-Tappuah.
DARBYAnd the territory of Manasseh was from Asher to Micmethath, which is before Shechem, and the border went on the right hand toward the inhabitants of En-Tappuah.
BBEAnd the limit of Manasseh's land was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem; the line goes on to the right hand, to the people of En-tappuah.
WebsterAnd the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand to the inhabitants of En-tappuah.

What does Joshua 17:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Joshua 17:7-11

Jos 17:7-11. This Coast.

7-11. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 17:7-13
There was great communication between Manasseh and Ephraim. Though each tribe had its inheritance, yet they should intermix one with another, to do good offices one to another, as became those, who, though of different tribes, were all one Israel, and were bound to love as brethren. But they suffered the Canaanites to live among them, against the command of God, to serve their own ends.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Joshua 17:7 in the original Hebrew

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וַיְהִ֤יvay.Hiand it wasH1961
גְבוּל\־ge.Vul-[the] border ofH1366
מְנַשֶּׁה֙me.na.ShehManassehH4519
מֵֽאָשֵׁ֔רme.'a.Sherfrom AsherH836
הַֽמִּכְמְתָ֔תha.mikh.me.Tat<the> MicmethathH4366
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
שְׁכֶ֑םshe.KhemShechemH7927
וְהָלַ֤ךְve.ha.Lakhand it goesH1980
הַגְּבוּל֙ha.ge.Vulthe borderH1366
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַיָּמִ֔יןhai.ya.Minthe southH3225
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
עֵ֥ין'einEnH5887
תַּפּֽוּחַ\׃ta.Pu.achTappuahH5887

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Cross references for Joshua 17:7

  • Joshua 21:21

    For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,

  • Joshua 24:32

    And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

  • Joshua 20:7

    And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

  • Genesis 37:12

    And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

  • Joshua 24:1

    And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

  • Genesis 34:2

    And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.

  • Genesis 37:14

    And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

  • Judges 9:1

    And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother’s brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother’s father, saying,

  • 1 Kings 12:25

    Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:67

    And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

  • 1 Kings 12:1

    And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

  • Joshua 16:6-8

    And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath–shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Asher.Eusebius says this was a town in his time not far from Neapolis, towards Scythopolis or Bethshan; between which towns it is also placed by the old Jerusalem Itinerary.
Michmethah.Situated, probably, east of Shechem, though its precise situation, as well as that of many others, cannot, at this distance of time, be ascertained. Many of these towns were small, and we may rationally conclude, slightly built; and consequently have perished more than two thousand years ago. It would therefore be useless now to look for such places; though in many instances, their ancient names have been preserved, and their sites identified. Several towns even in England, mentioned by Cæsar and other ancient writers, are no longer discernible; several have changed their names, and not a few their situation.
16:6-8
Shechem.
20:7; 21:21; 24:1,32; Ge 34:2; 37:12,14; Jud 9:1; 1Ki 12:1,25
1Ch 6:67

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Context

  • Joshua 17:6

    Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.

  • 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 En–tappuah.

  • Joshua 17:8

    Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;

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Joshua 17:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fué el término de Manasés desde Aser hasta Michmetat, la cual está delante de Sichêm; y va este término á la mano derecha, á los que habitan en Tappua.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le territoire de Manassé allait d’Aser à Micmethath, qui est devant Sichem; et la frontière allait à droite vers les habitants d’En-Tappuakh.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Grenze Manasses war von Aser nach Mikmethath, das vor Sichem liegt; und die Grenze ging nach rechts zu den Bewohnern von En-Tappuach hin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fuitque terminus Manasse ab Aser, Machmethath quæ respicit Sichem: et egreditur ad dexteram juxta habitatores fontis Taphuæ.