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Numbers 32:40

MachirManassehMosesEast Manasseh (Half-Tribe)Gilead

38 as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.

39 The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.

41 Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

42 And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.

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BSB
So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.
KJV
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
WEB
Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein.
ASV
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
DARBY
And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
BLB
And Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it.
ÅB
Og Moses gav Makir[^1], Manasses sønn, Gilead, og han bodde der.
OTB
Derfor ga Moses Gilead til Makir, sønn av Manasse, og han bosatte seg der.
B1930
Og Moses gav Makir, Manasses sønn, Gilead, og han bodde der. / < nemlig hans efterkommere.>

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  • 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.

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  • Deuteronomy 3:13–15

    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.)

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  • Joshua 13:29–31

    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:

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