Numbers 32:40

40 dedit ergo Moses terram Galaad Machir filio Manasse qui habitavit in ea

Numbers 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 ) .

Numbers 32:40 In-Context

38 et Nabo et Baalmeon versis nominibus Sabama quoque inponentes vocabula urbibus quas extruxerant

39 porro filii Machir filii Manasse perrexerunt in Galaad et vastaverunt eam interfecto Amorreo habitatore eius

40 dedit ergo Moses terram Galaad Machir filio Manasse qui habitavit in ea

41 Iair autem filius Manasse abiit et occupavit vicos eius quos appellavit Avothiair id est villas Iair

42 Nobe quoque perrexit et adprehendit Canath cum viculis suis vocavitque eam ex nomine suo Nobe