Deuteronomy 3:15

15 And to Machir I gave Galaad.

Deuteronomy 3:15 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:15

And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
] The son of Manasseh; not to him personally, who cannot be thought to have been living at this time, but to his posterity, to the Machirites; see ( Numbers 32:40 ) .

Deuteronomy 3:15 In-Context

13 And the rest of Galaad, and all Basan the kingdom of Og I gave to the half-tribe of Manasse, and all the country round about Argob, all that Basan; it shall be accounted the land of Raphain.

14 And Jair the son of Manasse took all the country round about Argob as far as the borders of Gargasi and Machathi: he called them by his name Basan Thavoth Jair until this day.

15 And to Machir I gave Galaad.

16 And to Ruben and to Gad I gave under Galaad as far as the brook of Arnon, the border between the brook and as far as Jaboc; the brook the border to the children Amman.

17 And Araba and Jordan the boundary of Machanareth, even to the sea of Araba, the salt sea under Asedoth Phasga eastward.