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THE MESSAGE

Ezekiel 48:4

"Manasseh: one portion, bordering Naphtali from east to west.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Manasseh;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Naphtali;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Israel ;   Tribes, the Twelve;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Manasseh (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Next to the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, will be Manasseh—one portion.
Hebrew Names Version
By the border of Naftali, from the east side to the west side, Menashsheh, one [portion].
King James Version
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
English Standard Version
Adjoining the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, Manasseh, one portion.
New American Standard Bible
"Beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
New Century Version
"South of Naphtali's border, Manasseh will have one share. It will go from the east side to the west side.
Amplified Bible
"Beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And by the border of Naphtali from the East quarter vnto the West side, a portion for Manasseh.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
Legacy Standard Bible
And beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
Berean Standard Bible
Manasseh will have one portion bordering the territory of Naphtali from east to west.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘M'nasheh's territory will run alongside the territory of Naftali from east to west.
Darby Translation
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh one.
George Lamsa Translation
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
Lexham English Bible
And next to the territory of Naphtali, from the eastern border up to the western border, one portion for Manasseh.
Literal Translation
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side even to the west side, Manasseh, one part .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vpon the borders of Nephtali from the east quarter vnto the west, shal Manasses haue his porcion.
American Standard Version
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh, one portion.
Bible in Basic English
And on the limit of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side: Manasseh, one part.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side: Manasseh, one portion.
King James Version (1611)
And by the border of Naphtali, from the East side vnto the West side, a portion for Manasseh.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Upon the borders of Nephthali, from the east quarter vnto the west, shal Manasses haue his portion.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And from the borders of Nephthalim, from the east as far as the west coasts, for Manasse, one.
English Revised Version
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side; Manasseh, one portion.
World English Bible
By the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one [portion].
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And on the terme of Neptalym, fro the eest coost til to the coost of the see, oon of Manasses.
Update Bible Version
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one [portion].
Webster's Bible Translation
And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, a [portion for] Manasseh.
New English Translation
Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west, Manasseh will have one portion.
New King James Version
by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, one section for Manasseh;
New Living Translation
Then comes Manasseh south of Naphtali, and its territory also extends from east to west.
New Life Bible
Manasseh will have one share beside Naphtali, from the east side to the west side.
New Revised Standard
Adjoining the territory of Naphtali, from the east side to the west, Manasseh, one portion.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And on the boundary of Naphtali from the east side unto the west side, - Manasseh one.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And by the border of Nephthali, from the east side even to the side of the one portion for Manasses.
Revised Standard Version
Adjoining the territory of Naph'tali, from the east side to the west, Manas'seh, one portion.
Young's Literal Translation
and by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, Manasseh one,

Contextual Overview

1 "These are the tribes: "Dan: one portion, along the northern boundary, following the Hethlon road that turns off to the entrance of Hamath as far as Hazor-enon so that the territory of Damascus lies to the north alongside Hamath, the northern border stretching from east to west. 2 "Asher: one portion, bordering Dan from east to west. 3 "Naphtali: one portion, bordering Asher from east to west. 4 "Manasseh: one portion, bordering Naphtali from east to west. 5 "Ephraim: one portion, bordering Manasseh from east to west. 6 "Reuben: one portion, bordering Ephraim from east to west. 7 "Judah: one portion, bordering Reuben from east to west. 8"Bordering Judah from east to west is the consecrated area that you will set aside as holy: a square approximately seven by seven miles, with the Sanctuary set at the center. The consecrated area reserved for God is to be seven miles long and a little less than three miles wide. 10"This is how it will be parceled out. The priest will get the area measuring seven miles on the north and south boundaries, with a width of a little more than three miles at the east and west boundaries. The Sanctuary of God will be at the center. This is for the consecrated priests, the Zadokites who stayed true in their service to me and didn't get off track as the Levites did when Israel wandered off the main road. This is their special gift, a gift from the land itself, most holy ground, bordering the section of the Levites. 13"The Levites get a section equal in size to that of the priests, roughly seven by three miles. They are not permitted to sell or trade any of it. It's the choice part of the land, to say nothing of being holy to God .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

by the border: In this division of the Holy Land, a portion is laid out for each of the twelve tribes directly across the country, from east to west; and deducting the square of 25,000 reeds, or nearly fifty miles on each side, between Judah and Benjamin, for the priests, Levites, city, and temple, with the inheritance of the prince to the east and west - See note on Ezekiel 45:1, from 280 miles, the length of the country from north to south, there will remain for each tribe a portion of less than twenty miles in width, and 150 in length. This division of the land entirely differs from that which was made in the days of Joshua, in which the tribes were not only differently placed, but confused and inter-mixed; while here distinct lots are assigned to each of the twelve tribes, in a regular mathematical form. Literally such a division never took place: it seems to denote the equality of privileges which subsists among all the tribes of Believers, of whatever nation, and whatever their previous character may have been.

Manasseh: Genesis 30:22-24, Genesis 41:51, Genesis 48:5, Genesis 48:14-20, Joshua 13:29-31, Joshua 17:1-11

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 47:13 - Joseph

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I'll make you a great nation and bless you. I'll make you famous; you'll be a blessing. I'll bless those who bless you; those who curse you I'll curse. All the families of the Earth will be blessed through you."
Genesis 28:3
"And may The Strong God bless you and give you many, many children, a congregation of peoples; and pass on the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants so that you will get this land in which you live, this land God gave Abraham."
Genesis 35:11
God continued, I am The Strong God. Have children! Flourish! A nation—a whole company of nations!— will come from you. Kings will come from your loins; the land I gave Abraham and Isaac I now give to you, and pass it on to your descendants.
Genesis 46:3
God said, "I am the God of your father. Don't be afraid of going down to Egypt. I'm going to make you a great nation there. I'll go with you down to Egypt; I'll also bring you back here. And when you die, Joseph will be with you; with his own hand he'll close your eyes."
Genesis 47:27
And so Israel settled down in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property and flourished. They became a large company of people. Jacob lived in Egypt for seventeen years. In all, he lived 147 years.
Exodus 1:11
So they organized them into work-gangs and put them to hard labor under gang-foremen. They built the storage cities Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh. But the harder the Egyptians worked them the more children the Israelites had—children everywhere! The Egyptians got so they couldn't stand the Israelites and treated them worse than ever, crushing them with slave labor. They made them miserable with hard labor—making bricks and mortar and back-breaking work in the fields. They piled on the work, crushing them under the cruel workload.
Deuteronomy 32:8
When the High God gave the nations their stake, gave them their place on Earth, He put each of the peoples within boundaries under the care of divine guardians. But God himself took charge of his people, took Jacob on as his personal concern.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh. Just in like manner, next to Naphtali lay the tribe of Manasseh, and the portion of land appointed for that tribe; even such Christians who "forget" the things that are behind, and reach to those that are before; forget their former companions, their own people, and father's house, their carnal lusts and pleasures, and their own works of righteousness, and follow after Christ and his righteousness.


 
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