Bible Strands
Numbers 26:29
These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses records the second Israelite census in the plains of Moab, documenting the tribal lineage of Manasseh before the conquest of Canaan.
The words — בְּנֵ֣י (be.Nei) translates literally as "descendants," and מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת (mish.Pa.chat) means "clan," structuring the genealogical list.
The thread — This Machir-Gilead lineage reappears in Joshua 17:1 during land allotment, Numbers 36:1 regarding inheritance law, and 1 Chronicles 7:14 tracing Manasseh’s ancestral line.
Why it lands — The text establishes the precise tribal branches responsible for receiving inheritance, requiring readers to track how ancestral lines determine territorial and legal rights.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Numbers 36:1 Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,
- 1 Chronicles 7:14 The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.
- Genesis 48:14 But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Numbers 32:39 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Deuteronomy 3:15 To Machir I gave Gilead,
- Judges 5:14 Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.