Then the boundary continued south to the Kanah Ravine.(A) There were towns belonging to Ephraim lying among the towns of Manasseh, but the boundary of Manasseh was the northern side of the ravine and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. 10 On the south the land belonged to Ephraim, on the north to Manasseh. The territory of Manasseh reached the Mediterranean Sea and bordered Asher(B) on the north and Issachar(C) on the east.(D)

11 Within Issachar(E) and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan,(F) Ibleam(G) and the people of Dor,(H) Endor,(I) Taanach(J) and Megiddo,(K) together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth[a]).(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 17:11 That is, Naphoth Dor

And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:

10 Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

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