Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

General references

Bible References

Israel bless

Genesis 24:60
And they gave Rebekah their blessing, saying, O sister, may you be the mother of thousands and ten thousands; and may your seed overcome all those who make war against them.
Genesis 28:3
And may God, the Ruler of all, give you his blessing, giving you fruit and increase, so that you may become an army of peoples.
Ruth 4:11
And all the people who were in the public place, and the responsible men, said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make this woman, who is about to come into your house, like Rachel and Leah, which two were the builders of the house of Israel: and may you have wealth in Ephrathah, and be great in Beth-lehem;

And he set

Numbers 2:18
On the west side will be the flag of the children of Ephraim, with Elishama, the son of Ammihud, as their chief.
Numbers 7:48
On the seventh day Elishama, the son of Ammihud, chief of the children of Ephraim:
Numbers 10:22
Then the flag of the children of Ephraim went forward with their armies: and at the head of his army was Elishama, the son of Ammihud.
Numbers 13:8
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Nun.

General references

Numbers 1:35
Thirty-two thousand, two hundred of the tribe of Manasseh were numbered.
Numbers 6:23
Say to Aaron and his sons, These are the words of blessing which are to be used by you in blessing the children of Israel; say to them,

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain