Joshua 16:9

9 Many of the towns were actually within Manasseh's borders, but the people of Ephraim got those towns and their villages.

Joshua 16:9 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 16:9

And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim
The tribe of Ephraim, being much larger than the half tribe of Manasseh, besides the lot that fell to it, described before by its boundaries, had several particular and distinct cities given to it: which

[were] among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh;
some that were upon the borders of Ephraim, and within the territory of Manasseh, and it may be where it jetted out in a nook or corner, see ( Joshua 17:8 Joshua 17:9 ) ;

all the cities with their villages;
not the separate cities only, but the little towns adjacent to them.

Joshua 16:9 In-Context

7 Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah. It continued until it touched Jericho and stopped at the Jordan River.

8 The border went from Tappuah west to Kanah Ravine and ended at the sea. This is all the land that was given to each family group in the tribe of the Ephraimites.

9 Many of the towns were actually within Manasseh's borders, but the people of Ephraim got those towns and their villages.

10 The Ephraimites could not force the Canaanites to leave Gezer, so the Canaanites still live among the Ephraimites today, but they became slaves of the Ephraimites.