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Commentary on Joshua - Keil & Delitzsch - David Cox

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<strong>Keil</strong> and <strong>Delitzsch</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Commentary</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> the Old Testament<br />

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south, where there is still a Nahr el Kassab."<br />

<strong>Joshua</strong> 16:9<br />

And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were am<strong>on</strong>g the inheritance of<br />

the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.<br />

The tribe of Ephraim also received some scattered towns in the territory of the tribe<br />

of Manasseh, in fact all those towns to which Tappuah bel<strong>on</strong>ged, according to Josh<br />

17:8, with the dependent villages.<br />

(Note: The reas<strong>on</strong> why the Ephraimites received scattered towns and villages in the tribe-territory of<br />

Manasseh, is supposed by Calvin, Masius , and others, to have been, that after the boundaries had been<br />

arranged, <strong>on</strong> comparing the territory allotted to each with the relative numbers of the two tribes, it was<br />

found that Ephraim had received too small a possessi<strong>on</strong>. This is quite possible; at the same time there<br />

may have been other reas<strong>on</strong>s which we cannot discover now, as precisely the same thing occurs in the<br />

case of Manasseh (Josh 17:11).)<br />

<strong>Joshua</strong> 16:10<br />

And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites<br />

dwell am<strong>on</strong>g the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.<br />

From Gezer, however (see v. 3), they could not drive out the Canaanites, so that they<br />

still dwelt am<strong>on</strong>g the Ephraimites, but were reduced to a state of serfdom. This notice<br />

resembles the <strong>on</strong>e in Josh 15:63, and is to be interpreted in the same way.<br />

<strong>Joshua</strong> 17:1-13<br />

There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph;<br />

to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was<br />

http://207.44.232.113/~bible/comment/ot/k&d/josh/jos106.html (1 of 2) [13/08/2004 01:18:51 p.m.]

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