Jos 17:1-10 - Commentary

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Text -- Joshua 17:1-10 (NET)

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17:1 The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph’s firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan. 17:2 The rest of Manasseh’s descendants were also assigned land by their clans, including the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans. 17:3 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 17:4 They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, “The Lord told Moses to assign us land among our relatives.” So Joshua assigned them land among their uncles, as the Lord had commanded. 17:5 Manasseh was allotted ten shares of land, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan, 17:6 for the daughters of Manasseh were assigned land among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh. 17:7 The border of Manasseh went from Asher to Micmethath which is near Shechem. It then went south toward those who live in Tappuah. 17:8 (The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.) 17:9 The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea. 17:10 Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s to the north. The sea was Manasseh’s western border and their territory touched Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

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Names, People and Places:

· Abiezer son of Ammishaddai; Moses' officer over the tribe of Dan,son of Shemaah of Gibeah; chief of Benjamite defecters to David

· Asher a tribe of Israel that came from Asher; son of Jacob and Zilpah,the man; son of Jacob and Zilpah,a tribe of Israel or its land

· Asriel son or clan of Gilead of Manasseh,son of Manasseh by his Aramean concubine

· Bashan a region east of Lake Galilee between Mt. Hermon and Wadi Yarmuk

· Eleazar a son of Eliud; the father of Matthan; an ancestor of Jesus.,a chief priest; son of Aaron,son of Abinadab; caretaker of the Ark at Kiriath-Jearim,son of Dodo the Ahohite; one of David's military elite,son of Mahli the Levite,a priest who participated in the dedication of the wall,a priest under Ezra; son of Phinehas,a layman of the Parosh clan who put away his heathen wife

· Ephraim the tribe of Ephraim as a whole,the northern kingdom of Israel

· Gilead a mountainous region east of the Jordan & north of the Arnon to Hermon,son of Machir son of Manasseh; founder of the clan of Gilead,father of Jephthah the judge,son of Michael of the tribe of Gad

· Helek a man who was a descendant of Gilead of Manasseh

· Hepher the head of a clan of Gileadites; the father of Zelophehad; the son of Gilead,son of Ashhur and his wife Naarah in Moses time,a Mecherathite man who was one of David's military elite,a town of Manasseh 25 km north of Aphek & 25 km south of Dor

· Hoglah daughter of Zelophehad

· Issachar the tribe of Israel that came from his Jacob's son Issachar,son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Issachar,the tribe of Issachar in Israel,son of Obed-Edom

· Jordan the river that flows from Lake Galilee to the Dead Sea,a river that begins at Mt. Hermon, flows south through Lake Galilee and on to its end at the Dead Sea 175 km away (by air)

· Joseph the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

· Joshua a son of Eliezer; the father of Er; an ancestor of Jesus,the son of Nun and successor of Moses,son of Nun of Ephraim; successor to Moses,a man: owner of the field where the ark stopped,governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah,son of Jehozadak; high priest in the time of Zerubbabel

· Kanah a brook that flows WSW from Mt. Gerizim to the Mediterranean Sea 7 km north of Joppa,a town in Asher 10 km SE of Tyre

· Machir son of Manasseh (Joseph); father of Hezron's wife and of Gilead,son of Ammiel at Lo-Debar; Mephibosheth's friend

· Mahlah daughter of Zelophehad,son of Hammolecheth of Manasseh

· Manasseh the tribe of Manasseh.

· Manassites the tribe of Manasseh.

· Michmethah a border town of Ephraim and Manasseh just east of Shechem (ZD)

· Milcah daughter of Haran; wife of Nahor,daughter of Zelophehad

· Moses a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law

· Noah a son of Lamech and the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth,son of Lamech; builder of the ark,daughter of Zelophehad

· Nun son of Elishama; father of Joshua (Ephraim), Moses' aide

· sea the Dead Sea, at the southern end of the Jordan River,the Mediterranean Sea,the Persian Gulf south east of Babylon,the Red Sea

· Shechem member of the Shechem Clan and/or resident of Shechem

· Shemida a man who was a descendant of Gilead of Manasseh

· Tappuah an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Tapuox',a town in the western foothills of Judah very near Beth-Shemesh,a town between Ephraim and Manasseh 3 km NW of Shiloh,son of Hebron of Judah,as representing the Hebrew name 'Tiphsax'.,a town on the Euphrates River 550 km NNW of Jerusalem

· Tirzah daughter of Zelophehad,a town of Manasseh 10 km NE of Shechem

· Zelophehad son of Hepher of Machir of Manasseh

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NET Notes: Jos 17:1 On the assignment of Manasseh’s territory in Gilead and Bashan, see Josh 13:31.

NET Notes: Jos 17:2 Heb “and it belonged to the sons of Manasseh who remained.”

NET Notes: Jos 17:4 Heb “and he assigned to them in accordance with the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord an inheritance in the midst of the brothers of their fathe...

NET Notes: Jos 17:5 Heb “and the allotted portions of Manasseh fell out ten.”

NET Notes: Jos 17:7 Heb “in front of”; perhaps “east of.”

NET Notes: Jos 17:9 Heb “these cities belonged to Ephraim in the midst of the cities of Manasseh.”

NET Notes: Jos 17:10 Heb “they”; the referent (their territory) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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