8Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim;
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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.
And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 toge…
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