Numbers 32:40

40 Moshe gave Gil`ad to Makhir the son of Menashsheh; and he lived therein.

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 and Nevo, and Ba`al-Me`on, (their names being changed,) and Sivmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

39 The children of Makhir the son of Menashsheh went to Gil`ad, and took it, and dispossessed the Amori who were therein.

40 Moshe gave Gil`ad to Makhir the son of Menashsheh; and he lived therein.

41 Ya'ir the son of Menashsheh went and took the towns of it, and called them Havvot-Ya'ir.

42 Novach went and took Kenat, and the villages of it, and called it Novach, after his own name.