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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- In the Bible, the eldest son of Joseph and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.
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Manasseh, he says: “His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns; and with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth; _and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim_, _and they are the thousands of Manasseh_” (Deut, xxxiii.
The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Joseph Wild
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Benjamin, Dan (for which Manasseh is substituted in Re 7: 6), are on the east (Eze 48: 32); Reuben, Judah, Levi, are on the north (Eze 48: 31);
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Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 8 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe:
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; 9 Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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The word Manasseh, in the original, has the letter n, set over the head, which, some of the
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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This entitled Manasseh and Ephraim each to a full share of Jacob's estate and to the rights that attached to it.
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This entitled Manasseh and Ephraim each to a full share of Jacob's estate and to the rights that attached to it.
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This entitled Manasseh and Ephraim each to a full share of Jacob's estate and to the rights that attached to it.
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This entitled Manasseh and Ephraim each to a full share of Jacob's estate and to the rights that attached to it.
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This entitled Manasseh and Ephraim each to a full share of Jacob's estate and to the rights that attached to it.
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