Numbers 32:39

And a son of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and destroyed the Amorite who dwelt in it.

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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 Baal-meon, surrounded with walls, and Sibmah; and they called the names of the cities which they built, after their own names.

40And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt there.

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Cross References

Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation; and the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh were borne on the sides of Joseph.

Joshua 17:1And the borders of the tribe of the children of Manasseh (for he was the firstborn of Joseph), assigned to Machir the firstborn of Manasseh the father of Gilead, for he was a warrior, were in the land of Gilead and of Bashan.

Judges 10:8And they afflicted and bruised the children of Israel at that time eighteen years, all the children of Israel beyond Jordan in the land of the Amorite 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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