Numbers 32:40

And Moses gave Gilead to Machir, the son of Manasseh; and he made it his living-place.

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And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

In Context

39And the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and took it, driving out the Amorites who were living there.

41And Jair, the son of Manasseh, went and took the towns of Gilead, naming them Havvoth-Jair.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:13The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, all the land of Argob, together with Bashan, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (This land is named the land of the Rephaim.

Joshua 17:1And this was the part marked out for the tribe of Manasseh, because he was the oldest son of Joseph. As for Machir, the oldest son of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war he had Gilead and Bashan.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:29-42

Inheritance of the Reubenites. ( b. c. 1452.) 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord , and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have… Read the whole commentary →

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