Deuteronomy 3:15

And to Machir I gave Galaad.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And I gave Gilead unto Machir.

In Context

14And Jair the son of Manasse took all the country round about Argob as far as the borders of Gargasi and Machathi: he called them by his name Basan Thavoth Jair until this day.

16And to Ruben and to Gad I gave the land under Galaad as far as the brook of Arnon, the border between the brook and as far as Jaboc; the brook is the border to the children of Amman.

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Cross References

Numbers 26:29To Chober, the family of the Choberites; to Melchiel, the family of the Melchielites.

Joshua 17:1And the borders of the tribe of the children of Manasse, (for he was the first-born + 17:1 Gr. to.of Joseph,) assigned to Machir the first-born of Manasse the father of Galaad, for he was a warrior, were in the land of Galaad and of Basan.

1 Chronicles 2:22And Seruch begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Galaad.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:13-21

Allotment of the Conquered Lands. ( b. c. 1451.) 12 And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and… Read the whole commentary →

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