Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
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Bible References
General references
Deuteronomy 3:13
I assigned the rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, where Og had ruled, that is, the entire Argob region to half the tribe of Manasseh. Bashan was known as the land of the Rephaim.
Joshua 13:29
Moses gave inheritance to the half tribe of Manasseh. This was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by families.
Joshua 17:1
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh. He was the firstborn of Joseph. Machir was the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan.