Numbers 32:39

39 The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and they captured it and drove out the Amorites who [were] in it.

Numbers 32:39 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:39

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead,
and took it
That part of it which Moses gave unto the half tribe of Manasseh, which till now was in the hand of the Amorites; for half Mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, were given to the Reubenites and Gadites, which is the land of Gilead they desired, and which was already conquered; for they call it the country which the Lord smote before Israel, ( Numbers 32:1 Numbers 32:4 ) ( Deuteronomy 3:12 Deuteronomy 3:13 ) :

and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it;
for though they were driven out of one part of Gilead, yet not out of the whole.

Numbers 32:39 In-Context

37 The descendants of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,

38 and Nebo, Baal Meon (their names [were] changed), and Sibmah, and {they renamed} the cities that they rebuilt.

39 The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and they captured it and drove out the Amorites who [were] in it.

40 So Moses gave Gilead to Makir son of Manasseh, and he lived in it.

41 And Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their unwalled villages, and he called them Havvoth Jair.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "sons"
• [b]. Hebrew "Amorite"