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Barnes' Notes on Joshua 17:10

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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Southward - i. e. of the river Kanah. Render, “they (i. e. the two kindred tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, the northern border being treated here as common to the two) reached unto Asher.” (See the map.) The northern border is only indicated in general terms, perhaps because the Israelites were not yet completely masters of this part of the country, and so had not precisely determined it. return to 'Top of Page'
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