I gave Gilead to Machir.
Parallel translations
- KJV And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
- BSB To Machir I gave Gilead,
- NKJV “Also I gave Gilead to Machir.
- NASB To Machir I gave Gilead.
- NLT I gave Gilead to the clan of Makir.
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Quick answer
Moses gave Gilead to Machir. It briefly records another allotment within Manasseh.
Overview
Machir, a clan of Manasseh, received Gilead as its portion. The terse note continues the orderly record of distribution. It underscores that every part of the gift was assigned with care.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Num 32:39–40The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
- Josh 17:1–3This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.
- Josh 22:7Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,
- Num 26:29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
- Gen 50:23Joseph saw Ephraim’s children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph’s knees.
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