The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on the boundary of Manasseh belonged to the people of Ephraim.
God wove the tribes together on purpose, Manasseh held cities within Ephraim, Issachar, and Asher so they would know each other, do good offices as brethren, and keep mutual correspondence. Yet both Manasseh and Ephraim broke faith by letting Canaanites live among them, making them tributaries for their own gain.
AI summary
Commenting on Joshua 17:7-13
Manasseh held the entire territory of Tappuah, all its fields and villages, but the city itself, sitting on Manasseh's border, went to Ephraim. They received the city proper, not the surrounding lands that bore its name.
AI summary
THIS COAST. (Jos 17:7-11) the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah--The southern boundary is here traced from the east. Asher (now Yasir), the starting point, was a town fifteen Roman miles east of Shechem, and anciently a place of importance.
Commenting on Joshua 17:7-11