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Reference: Glieadites, The
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Gli'e-adites, The,
, a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended from Gilead.
Gli'e-adites, The,
, a branch of the tribe of Manasseh, descended from Gilead.
The sons of Manasseh, To Machir, pertained the family of the Machirites, and, Machir, begat Gilead, - To Gilead, pertained the family of the Gileadites.
And there arose, after him, Jair the Gileadite, - and judged Israel twenty-two years.
And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim, - and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said - Fugitives of Ephraim, are, ye, O ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, in the midst of Manasseh. And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan, against the Ephraimites, - and so it was, that, when the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me pass over, the men of Gilead said to him, An Ephraimite, art thou? and, if he said - Nay!