Joshua 16:9
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New International Version (©1984)
It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
together with the cities which were set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
with all the cities and their villages selected for Ephraim in Manasseh's territory.

King James Bible
And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

American King James Version
And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

American Standard Version
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.

Bible in Basic English
Together with the towns marked out for the children of Ephraim in the heritage of Manasseh, all the towns with their unwalled places.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were cities with their villages separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the possession of the children of Manasses.

Darby Bible Translation
with the cities that were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities and their hamlets.

English Revised Version
together with the cities which were separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And the separate cities of the sons of Ephraim are in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities and their villages;

Geneva Study Bible

And the {e} separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

(e) Because Ephraim's tribe was far greater than Manasseh, therefore he had more cities.

Wesley's Notes

16:9 The separate cities - That is, besides those cities which were within Ephraim's bounds, he had some other cities, to which all of all their territories were annexed out Manasseh's portion, because his tribe was all here, and was larger than Manasseh's.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

9. separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of Manasseh-(Jos 17:9), because it was found that the tract allotted to Ephraim was too small in proportion to its population and power.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

16:20-63 Here is a list of the cities of Judah. But we do not here find Bethlehem, afterwards the city of David, and ennobled by the birth of our Lord Jesus in it. That city, which, at the best, was but little among the thousands of Judah, Mic 5:2, except that it was thus honoured, was now so little as not to be accounted one of the cities.


Joshua 16:8 From Tappuah the border continued westward to the brook of Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families,
Joshua 16:10 But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers. (NASB ©1995)

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And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

Jos 17:9

Bible Gateway: Joshua Chapter 16 Verse 9 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified

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