Numbers 32:40

40 And Moses ¹gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he settled in it.

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 Nebo, and Baal-meon ( their names were changed), and Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built.

39 And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

40 And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he settled in it.

41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.

42 And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Cross References

• 1. 32:40 Deut. 3:13, 15; Josh. 13:31; 17:1