7 And the border of Manasseh is from Asher to Michmethah, which 'is' on the front of Shechem, and the border hath gone on unto the right, unto the inhabitants of En-Tappuah. 8 To Manasseh hath been the land of Tappuah, and Tappuah unto the border of Manasseh is to the sons of Ephraim. 9 And the border hath come down 'to' the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook; these cities of Ephraim 'are' in the midst of the cities of Manasseh, and the border of Manasseh 'is' on the north of the brook, and its outgoings are at the sea. 10 Southward 'is' to Ephraim and northward to Manasseh, and the sea is his border, and in Asher they meet on the north, and in Issachar on the east. 11 And Manasseh hath in Issachar and in Asher, Beth-Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, three counties.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 17:7-11
Commentary on Joshua 17:7-13
(Read Joshua 17:7-13)
There was great communication between Manasseh and Ephraim. Though each tribe had its inheritance, yet they should intermix one with another, to do good offices one to another, as became those, who, though of different tribes, were all one Israel, and were bound to love as brethren. But they suffered the Canaanites to live among them, against the command of God, to serve their own ends.