Bible Strands
Numbers 32:40
So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the eastern tribes at the plains of Moab, concluding the territorial distribution following their campaign to displace the Amorites in Gilead.
The words — The verb וַיִּתֵּן (va.yitten) translates literally as "and he gave," and וַיֵּשֶׁב (va.yeshev) means "and he dwelt" or "settled." These terms document the official transfer of land and its immediate occupation by the clan of Machir.
The thread — This allocation aligns with the formal land grants recorded in Joshua 13:29 and Joshua 17:1, and corresponds to Moses' earlier confirmation of the territory in Deuteronomy 3:13.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that territorial inheritance follows military action and requires permanent settlement, demanding practical obedience to occupy the assigned region.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
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.
- Deuteronomy 3:13 To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
- Joshua 13:29 This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh: