Ezekiel 48:4
2 Asher will have one portion bordering the territory of Dan from east to west.
3 Naphtali will have one portion bordering the territory of Asher from east to west.
Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
5 Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west.
6 Reuben will have one portion bordering the territory of Ephraim from east to west.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
- KJV
- And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
- WEB
- “By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
- ASV
- And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh, one [portion].
- DARBY
- And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh one.
- BLB
- And along the border of Naphtali, from the side of the east to the side of the west, [for] Manasseh one [portion].
- ÅB
- Og langsmed Naftalis landemerke, fra østsiden til vestsiden, Manasse én lodd.
- OTB
- "Ved siden av Naftalis område, fra øst til vest, skal Manasse ha én del.
- B1930
- Og langsmed Naftalis landemerke, fra østsiden til vestsiden, Manasse én lodd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 17:1–11
Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
Read in contextJoshua 13:29–31
This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:
Read in contextGenesis 30:22–24
Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
Read in contextGenesis 48:5
And now your two sons born to you in Egypt before I came to you here shall be reckoned as mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, just as Reuben and Simeon are mine.
Read in contextGenesis 48:14–20
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
Read in contextGenesis 41:51
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
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