Joshua 17:5
"And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan,.... The lot which fell to the half tribe of Manasseh was divided into ten parts:

according to the Jewish writers, the six families before mentioned had six parts, and the daughters of Zelophehad had four parts; one on the account of Zelophehad their father, two on the account of their grandfather Hepher, who they say was the firstborn, and one on account of their uncle, their father's brother, who died in the wilderness without children; so Jarchi and Kimchi relate from the Talmud (k); but the true case seems to be this, there were six portions for the six families, but there being no sons in Hepher's family, his part was divided into five, and given to the five daughters of Zelophehad: beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan: which were given to the other half tribe, as before observed, Jos 13:29 . (k) T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 118. 2. & 119. 1.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

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