King James Version
Joshua 17:5 in the King James Version says “And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;”
Joshua 17:5 · King James Version
But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.
And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;
Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.
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 Entappuah.
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“And there fell”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“to Manasseh”
H4519menashsheh, a grandson of jacob, also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
“of Gilead”
H1568gilad, a region east of the jordan; also the name of three israelites
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which were on the other side”
H5676properly, a region across; but used only adverbially (with or without a preposition) on the opposite side (especially of the jordan; ususally meaning
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