Joshua 13:31

31 And half of Gilead and Ashtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were given to the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, even to one half of the sons of Machir, according to their families.

Joshua 13:31 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:31

And half Gilead
The other half not given to the Gadites, who had that half of it which Sihon possessed, and the tribe of Manasseh that half of it which Og possessed, see ( Deuteronomy 3:12 Deuteronomy 3:13 ) ;

and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan;
which are particularly mentioned, because royal cities, ( Joshua 13:10 ) ; see ( Deuteronomy 1:4 ) ;

[were pertaining] unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh;
and who was his only son; however, to his posterity only was this inheritance given, though not to them all:

[even] to one half of the children of Machir, by their families;
which seems to confirm it that Manasseh had no other son, since his whole posterity, both the half tribe on the other side, as well as that in the land of Canaan, were denominated from him; though he seems to have had another son, who perhaps died without issue, ( 1 Chronicles 7:14 ) .

Joshua 13:31 In-Context

29 And Moses also gave unto the half tribe of Manasseh, and it belonged to the half tribe of the sons of Manasseh according to their families.
30 Their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities.
31 And half of Gilead and Ashtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were given to the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, even to one half of the sons of Machir, according to their families.
32 This is what Moses distributed in inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan of Jericho, eastward.
33 But to the tribe of Levi Moses did not give any inheritance; the LORD God of Israel is their inheritance, as he said unto them.
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