The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
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The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
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John Gill
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh,.... That is, to the children of Machir, who went and took it; though some say, as Aben Ezra observes, that Machir himself was now alive, and that it was given to him, but that is not probable; for, supposing him to be living when the children of Israel came out of Egypt, all that came from thence, who were twenty years old and upwards, died in the wilderness, excepting two, see Num 32:11,
and he dwelt therein; that is, the family of the Macharite; see Num 26:29.
John Gill
And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying,.... In answer to his speech:
thy servants will do as my lord commandeth; both with respect to their march before the Lord to battle, and with respect to their provision for their children and flocks.
Next: Numbers Chapter 33
JFB
Gilead--now Jelud.
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