Joshua 13:30

30 Their territory extended from Mahanaim, including all of Bashan, all the former kingdom of King Og, and the sixty 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 The towns and their surrounding villages in this area were given as a homeland to the clans of the tribe of Gad.

29 Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh.

30 Their territory extended from Mahanaim, including all of Bashan, all the former kingdom of King Og, and the sixty towns of Jair in Bashan.

31 It also included half of Gilead and King Og’s royal cities of Ashtaroth and Edrei. All this was given to the clans of the descendants of Makir, who was Manasseh’s son.

32 These are the allotments Moses had made while he was on the plains of Moab, across the Jordan River, east of Jericho.