Psalm 60:7
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7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet;
Judah is my scepter.(A)
Genesis 49:10
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10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him,[a]
and the obedience of the peoples is his.(A)
Footnotes
- 49.10 Or until Shiloh comes or until he comes to Shiloh or (with Syr) until he comes to whom it belongs
Deuteronomy 33:17
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17 A firstborn[a] bull—majesty is his!
His horns are the horns of a wild ox;
with them he gores the peoples
all together to the ends of the earth;
such are the myriads of Ephraim,
such the thousands of Manasseh.”(A)
Footnotes
- 33.17 Q ms Gk Syr Vg: MT His firstborn
Joshua 13:31
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31 and half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the towns of the kingdom of Og in Bashan; these were allotted to the people of Machir son of Manasseh according to their families, for half the Machirites.
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1 Chronicles 12:37
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37 Of the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh from beyond the Jordan, one hundred twenty thousand armed with all the weapons of war.
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1 Chronicles 12:19
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19 Some of the Manassites deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, “He will desert to his master Saul at the cost of our heads.”)(A)
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1 Samuel 28:2
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2 David said to Achish, “Very well, then you shall know what your servant can do.” Achish said to David, “Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
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Joshua 17:5-6
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5 Thus there fell to Manasseh ten portions, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of the Jordan, 6 because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance along with his sons. The land of Gilead was allotted to the rest of the Manassites.(A)
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Joshua 17:1
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The Other Half-Tribe of Manasseh (West)
17 Then allotment was made to the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a warrior.(A)
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