39 And the children of (A)Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and [a]dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 32:39 drove out

39 The descendants of Makir(A) son of Manasseh went to Gilead,(B) captured it and drove out the Amorites(C) who were there.

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40 So Moses (A)gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it.

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40 So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites,(A) the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there.

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The Other Half-Tribe of Manasseh (West)

17 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the (A)firstborn of Joseph: namely for (B)Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war; therefore he was given (C)Gilead and Bashan.

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17 This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh(A) as Joseph’s firstborn,(B) that is, for Makir,(C) Manasseh’s firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead(D) and Bashan(E) because the Makirites were great soldiers.

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