Joshua 13:29-31

29 Moses also gave an inheritance to the half-tribe * of Manasseh; and it was for the half-tribe * of the sons of Manasseh according to their families.

30 Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all ¹the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities;

31 also half of Gilead, with ²Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh, for half of the sons of Machir according to their families.

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Joshua 13:29-31 Meaning and Commentary

\\INTRODUCTION JOSHUA 13\\

In this chapter Joshua is informed by the Lord, or put in mind, that
part of the land of Canaan remained unconquered, and which it was; and
is directed to divide the whole land among the nine tribes, and the
half tribe of Manasseh, Jos 13:1-9; and since the two tribes of Reuben
and Gad, and the other half tribe of Manasseh, had received their
inheritance on the other side Jordan, Jos 13:8; that is described in
general, Jos 13:9-14; and, then the particular portion of Reuben,
Jos 13:15-23; and of Gad, Jos 13:24-28; and of the half tribe of
Manasseh, Jos 13:29-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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1. Numbers 32:41
2. Joshua 9:10; Joshua 12:4; Joshua 13:12; Judges 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:3; 1 Samuel 12:10; 1 Chronicles 6:71

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[a]. Lit "tent villages"

Joshua 13:29-31

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Joshua 13:29-31 Meaning and Commentary

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