Numbers 32:40

And Moses gave the land of Galaad to Machir the son of Manasses, and he dwelt in it.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

39Moreover the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, went into Galaad, and wasted it, cutting off the Amorrhites, the inhabitants thereof.

41And Jair the son of Manasses went, and took the villages thereof, and he called them Havoth Jair, that is to say, the villages of Jair.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:13And I delivered the other part of Galaad, and all Basan the kingdom of Og to the half tribe of Manasses, all the country of Argob: and all Basan is called the Land of giants.

Joshua 17:1And this lot fell to the tribe of Manasses (for he is the firstborn of Joseph) to Machir the firstborn of Manasses the father of Galaad, who was a warlike man, and had for possession Galaad and Basan.

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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