Joshua 17:1

Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.

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In The King James Version

There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.

In Context

2So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:52And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”

Genesis 48:18“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”

Numbers 26:29These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.

Numbers 32:33So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

Numbers 32:40So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.

Deuteronomy 3:15To Machir I gave Gilead,

Matthew Henry on Joshua 17:1

The half tribe of Manasseh comes next to be provided for; and here we have, I. The families of that tribe that were to be portioned, ver. 1-6 . II. The country that fell to their lot, ver. 7-13 . III. The joint request of the two tribes that descended from Joseph, for the enlargement of their lot, and Joshua's answer to that request, ver. 14-18 . Read the whole commentary →

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