Verse Lens · Context pointer
Joshua 17:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9And 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:
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Role in This Section
Joshua 17:9 contributes this concrete line to the movement: “And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among…”.
Read It With
- Joshua 17:7–13
Read Joshua 17:9 with 17:7–13. Joshua 17:9 advances “Manasseh's Interlocking Border Includes Unremoved Towns” with the textual step “And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: Manasseh and Ephraim share a complex boundary with interlocking towns; Manasseh cannot initially possess several Canaanite cities, and later strength produces forced labor rather than removal.
Why It Needs Context
Joshua 17:9 advances “Manasseh's Interlocking Border Includes Unremoved Towns” with the textual step “And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among…”. Its contribution depends on the names, boundary sequence, allotment logic, and closing qualification in Joshua 17:7-13; isolated teaching would turn one list item into a claim it does not make.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Joshua 17:7-13 — Manasseh's Interlocking Border Includes Unremoved TownsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
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Exact location: Joshua 17:7-13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Joshua
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clauses, names, repeated roots, boundary formulas, covenant terms, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Josh.xml, 17:7–13
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