Joshua 17:1-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 17:1-6

Manasseh was itself but one half of the tribe of Joseph, and yet was divided and subdivided. 1. It was divided into two parts, one already settled on the other side Jordan, consisting of those who were the posterity of Machir, Josh. 17:1. This Machir was born to Manasseh in Egypt; there he had signalized himself as a man of war, probably in the contests between the Ephraimites and the men of Gath, 1 Chron. 7:21. His warlike disposition descended to his posterity, and therefore Moses gave them... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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 abutted upon Asher and Issachar. Asher lay north-west, and Issachar north-east, which seems to be the meaning of that (Josh. 17:10), that they (that is, Manasseh and Ephraim, as related to it, both together making the tribe of Joseph) met in Asher on the north and Issachar on the east, for Ephraim... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 17:1

There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh ,.... As well as for the tribe of Ephraim: for he was the firstborn of Joseph ; and therefore ought to have his part and share in the lot of the children of Joseph, though Ephraim was preferred before him in the blessing of Jacob. Some think this is given as a reason why he had a double portion, one on the other side Jordan, and another in the land of Canaan: to wit , for Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead ; who... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 17:2

There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families ,.... For such that had no part in Gilead and Bashan on the other side Jordan, even for the other half tribe, whose families are particularly mentioned, as follows: for the children of Abiezer ; who is called Jeezer in Numbers 26:30 ; and was a son of Gilead, the son of Machir, as the rest that follow were: and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 17:3

But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters ,.... The descent of this man is particularly given, to show the truth and reality of it, upon which his daughters made their request, and that granted and now claimed: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah , Milcah, and Tirzah ; by the same names, and in the same order they are called in Numbers 26:33 ; the order is a little... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 17:4

And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes ,.... The ten princes, who, with Eleazar and Joshua, were appointed to divide the land, Numbers 34:17 ; and were now met together for that purpose, Joshua 14:1 , saying, the Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren ; those of the same tribe with them; for upon their application to Moses he inquired of the Lord, who ordered him to grant their request, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 17:5

And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan ,.... The lot which fell to the half tribe of Manasseh was divided into ten parts: according to the Jewish writers, the six families before mentioned had six parts, and the daughters of Zelophehad had four parts; one on the account of Zelophehad their father, two on the account of their grandfather Hepher, who they say was the firstborn, and one on account of their uncle,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 17:6

Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons ,.... Which occasioned such a number of portions; the daughters of Zelophehad are meant, who descended from Manasseh: and the rest of Manasseh, some had the land of Gilead ; that is, those besides the six families before expressed, namely, the two families of the Machirites and Gileadites, Numbers 26:29 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 17:7

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 of Manasseh; and in Jerom's F12 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. G. time a village of this name was shown fifteen miles from Neapolis or Shechem, as you go from thence to Scythopolis, near the public road: to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem ; the same place mentioned in the description of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 17:8

Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah ,.... The whole territory that went by that name, from a city of note in it, next mentioned; all the fields and villages in it belonged to the tribe of Manasseh: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim ; and was one of those separate cities they had among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh; though it seems they had only the city, not the territory adjacent to it, and which was named from it. read more

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