Joshua 16:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.”
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“along with all the cities and villages set apart for the descendants of Ephraim within the inheritance of Manasseh.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.”
King James Version · Public Domain“together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the separate cities of the sons of Ephraim <FI>are<Fi> in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Joshua 16:9 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 17:9From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.
- 2 Samuel 2:9and made him king over Gilead, Asher, Jezreel, Ephraim, and Benjamin—over all Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 7:28Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
- Ezekiel 48:5Ephraim will have one portion bordering the territory of Manasseh from east to west.
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