Numbers 32:40

40 So Moses gave Gilead to the people of Makir, the son of Manasseh. And they settled there.

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 They also built up Nebo, Baal Meon and Sibmah. They gave new names to the cities they had built up.

39 The people of Makir, the son of Manasseh, went to the land of Gilead. They captured it. They drove out the Amorites who were living there.

40 So Moses gave Gilead to the people of Makir, the son of Manasseh. And they settled there.

41 Jair was a man in the family line of Manasseh. Jair captured Gilead's settlements. He called them Havvoth Jair.

42 Nobah captured Kenath and the settlements that were around it. He named it after himself.