Numbers 32:40

Then Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and his people settled there.

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

In Context

39The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it away from the Amorites who were in it.

41Jair son of Manasseh went and captured its towns and called them Havvoth Jair.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:13The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, and all Bashan. The same territory is called the land of Rephaim.

Joshua 17:1This was the assignment of land for the tribe of Manasseh (who was the firstborn of Joseph)—that is, for Makir, who was Manasseh's firstborn and who himself was the father of Gilead. Makir's descendants were assigned the land of Gilead and Bashan, because Makir had been a man of war.

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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