Numbers 32:40
And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt in it.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
In Context
41And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them Havoth-jair.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:13And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
Joshua 17:1There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the first-born of Joseph; to wit , for Machir the first-born of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
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 →