Numbers 32:40

40 And Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasse and he dwelt 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 Nebo Baal Meon and turned their names and Sibama also: and gaue names vnto the cities which they bylt.

39 And the childern of Machir the sonne of Manasse went to Gilead and toke it and put out the Amorites yt were therin.

40 And Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasse and he dwelt therein.

41 And Iair the sonne of Manasse wet and toke ye small townes thereof and called the the townes of Iair.

42 And Nobah went and toke kenath with the townes longinge thereto and called it Nobah after his awne name.