Joshua 13:30

30 Their territory starts at Mahanaim. It includes the whole land of Bashan. That was the entire kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan. Manasseh's territory includes all of the 60 towns of Jair in Bashan.

Joshua 13:30 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:30

And their coast was from Mahanaim
A place in the tribe of Gad, ( Joshua 13:26 ) ; which was the boundary of the half tribe that way:

all Bashan;
so famous for its oxen, and for pasturage for them, and for its oaks, called by Josephus Batanea:

all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan;
which, besides Bashan, took in the kingdom of Argob or Trachonitis, half the land of Gilead, all which was possessed by the half tribe of Manasseh: see ( Deuteronomy 3:13 ) ;

and all the towns of, Jair which [are] in Bashan, threescore cities;
of Jair, and his relation to Manasseh, and of his taking these cities, and the number of them, see ( Numbers 33:41 ) ( Deuteronomy 3:4 Deuteronomy 3:14 ) .

Joshua 13:30 In-Context

28 All of those towns and their villages were given to the tribe of Gad as their very own. Each family group received its share.

29 Here is what Moses had given to half of the tribe of Manasseh, family group by family group. It's what Moses had given to half of Manasseh's family line.

30 Their territory starts at Mahanaim. It includes the whole land of Bashan. That was the entire kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan. Manasseh's territory includes all of the 60 towns of Jair in Bashan.

31 It includes half of the land of Gilead. It also includes Ashtaroth and Edrei. They were the royal cities of Og in Bashan. That land was given to half of the family line of Makir. He was the son of Manasseh. Each family group received its share.

32 Those were the shares of land Moses had given the eastern tribes when he was in the flatlands of Moab. The flatlands are across the Jordan River east of Jericho.