Numbers 32:39

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and they dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

In Context

38and Nebo, and Baal-meon (of which the names were changed), and Sibmah; and they gave other names to the cities that they built.

40And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

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Cross References

Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third [generation]; the sons also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born on Joseph's knees.

Joshua 17:1And the lot came to the tribe of Manasseh (for he was the firstborn of Joseph), to Machir, the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, for he was a man of war, and he had Gilead and Bashan.

Judges 10:8And they oppressed and crushed the children of Israel in that year; eighteen years [they oppressed] all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

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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