Bamidbar 32:40

40 And Moshe gave Gil‘ad unto Machir Ben Menasheh; and he dwelt therein.

Bamidbar 32:40 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:40

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 ( Numbers 32:11 Numbers 32:12 ) ,

and he dwelt therein;
that is, the family of the Macharite; see ( Numbers 26:29 ) .

Bamidbar 32:40 In-Context

38 And Nevo, and Ba’al Me’on, (their shem being changed) and Sivmah; and gave other shmot unto the cities which they built.

39 And the Bnei Machir Ben Menasheh went to Gil‘ad, and captured it, and dispossessed the Emori (Amorite) which was in it.

40 And Moshe gave Gil‘ad unto Machir Ben Menasheh; and he dwelt therein.

41 And Ya’ir Ben Menasheh went and captured the settlements thereof, and called them Chavot Ya’ir.

42 And Novach went and captured Kenat, and the villages thereof, and called it Novach, after shmo.