Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 17:8:

• Kupsabiny: “The villages which surrounded the city of Tappuah belonged to Manasse. Although that city was at the border, it belonged to the side of Ephraim,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The territory of the Tappuah fell into the hand of Manasseh. Tapuah city which was on the boundary of Manasseh, however, fell into the hands of the descendants of Ephraim.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “(The land[s] around Tapua belong-to the tribe of Manase, but Tapua itself, which (is) on the boundary of the land of Manase, belongs-to the descendants of Efraim.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The land near the Tappuah area belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah, which was at the border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, was allotted to the tribe of Ephraim.” (Source: Translation for Translators)