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Verse	Translation	Text
Nu 32:39	Strong Concordance	And the children [01121] of Machir [04353] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519] went [03212] to Gilead [01568], and took [03920] it, and dispossessed [03423] the Amorite [0567] which was in it.
	King James	And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Gilead--now Jelud.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Gilead--now Jelud.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The children of Machir - Machir, the son of Manasseh, was long since dead: even his sons had been brought up upon Joseph's knees Gen 50:23. But the renown acquired by his descendants raised his family almost to the dignity of a tribe; and the Machirites are in the next verse styled Machir, just as the children of Judah or of Ephraim are often spoken of as Judah or Ephraim. So in Jdg 5:14 Machir is coupled with Ephraim and Zebulun. Went - i. e., "had gone:" the statement is preparatory to the ensuing record of the grant to them of the land they had won. Gilead - More strictly part of north Gilead; which, though inhabited by the Amorites, had belonged to the kingdom of Og. Gilead was the district from which had sprung the ancestress of the Machirites (compare Ch1 7:14).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
Moses gave the Manassites the land which was conquered by them; in fact, the whole of the kingdom of Bashan, including not only the province of Bashan, but the northern half of Gilead (see at Num 21:33-34). Of this the sons of Machir received Gilead, the modern Jebel Ajlun, between the Jabbok (Zerka) and the Mandhur (Hieromax, Jarmuk), because they had taken it and driven out the Amorites and destroyed them (see Deu 3:13). The imperfects in Num 32:39 are to be understood in the sense of pluperfects, the different parts being linked together by w consec. according to the simple style of the Semitic historical writings explained in the note on Gen 2:19, and the leading thought being preceded by the clauses which explain it, instead of their being logically subordinated to it. "The sons of Machir went to Gilead and took it...and Moses gave," etc., instead of "Moses gave Gilead to the sons of Machir, who had gone thither and taken it..." The words בּהּ ויּשׁב, "Machir dwelt therein (in Gilead)," do not point to a later period than the time of Moses, but simply state that the Machirites took possession of Gilead. As soon as Moses had given them the conquered land for their possession, they no doubt brought their families, like the Gadites and Reubenites, and settled them in fortified towns, that they might dwell there in safety, whilst the fighting men helped the other tribes to conquer Canaan. ישׁב signifies not merely "to dwell," but literally to place oneself, or settle down (e.g., Gen 36:8, etc.), and is even applied to the temporary sojourn of the Israelites in particular encampments (Num 20:1). - Machir (Num 32:40): for the sons of Machir, or Machirites (Num 26:29). But as Gilead does not mean the whole of the land with this name, but only the northern half, so the sons of Machir are not the whole of his posterity, but simply those who formed the family of Machirites which bore its father's name (Num 26:29), i.e., the seven fathers' houses or divisions of the family, the heads of which are named in Ch1 5:24. The other descendants of Machir through Gilead, who formed the six families of Gilead mentioned in Num 26:29-33, and Jos 17:2, received their inheritance in Canaan proper (Josh 17).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

Moses gave the Manassites the land which was conquered by them; in fact, the whole of the kingdom of Bashan, including not only the province of Bashan, but the northern half of Gilead (see at Num 21:33-34). Of this the sons of Machir received Gilead, the modern Jebel Ajlun, between the Jabbok (Zerka) and the Mandhur (Hieromax, Jarmuk), because they had taken it and driven out the Amorites and destroyed them (see Deu 3:13). The imperfects in Num 32:39 are to be understood in the sense of pluperfects, the different parts being linked together by w consec. according to the simple style of the Semitic historical writings explained in the note on Gen 2:19, and the leading thought being preceded by the clauses which explain it, instead of their being logically subordinated to it. "The sons of Machir went to Gilead and took it...and Moses gave," etc., instead of "Moses gave Gilead to the sons of Machir, who had gone thither and taken it..." The words בּהּ ויּשׁב, "Machir dwelt therein (in Gilead)," do not point to a later period than the time of Moses, but simply state that the Machirites took possession of Gilead. As soon as Moses had given them the conquered land for their possession, they no doubt brought their families, like the Gadites and Reubenites, and settled them in fortified towns, that they might dwell there in safety, whilst the fighting men helped the other tribes to conquer Canaan. ישׁב signifies not merely "to dwell," but literally to place oneself, or settle down (e.g., Gen 36:8, etc.), and is even applied to the temporary sojourn of the Israelites in particular encampments (Num 20:1). - Machir (Num 32:40): for the sons of Machir, or Machirites (Num 26:29). But as Gilead does not mean the whole of the land with this name, but only the northern half, so the sons of Machir are not the whole of his posterity, but simply those who formed the family of Machirites which bore its father's name (Num 26:29), i.e., the seven fathers' houses or divisions of the family, the heads of which are named in Ch1 5:24. The other descendants of Machir through Gilead, who formed the six families of Gilead mentioned in Num 26:29-33, and Jos 17:2, received their inheritance in Canaan proper (Josh 17).

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¹⁴ The sons [01121] of Manasseh [04519]; Ashriel [0844], whom she bare [03205]: (but his concubine [06370] the Aramitess [0761] bare [03205] Machir [04353] the father [01] of Gilead [01568]:

¹⁴ Out of Ephraim [0669] was there a root [08328] of them against Amalek [06002]; after [0310] thee, Benjamin [01144], among thy people [05971]; out of Machir [04353] came down [03381] governors [02710], and out of Zebulun [02074] they that handle [04900] the pen [07626] of the writer [05608].

²³ And Joseph [03130] saw [07200] Ephraim's [0669] children [01121] of the third [08029] generation: the children [01121] also of Machir [04353] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519] were brought up [03205] upon Joseph's [03130] knees [01290].

² There was also a lot for the rest [03498] of the children [01121] of Manasseh [04519] by their families [04940]; for the children [01121] of Abiezer [044], and for the children [01121] of Helek [02507], and for the children [01121] of Asriel [0844], and for the children [01121] of Shechem [07928], and for the children [01121] of Hepher [02660], and for the children [01121] of Shemida [08061]: these were the male [02145] children [01121] of Manasseh [04519] the son [01121] of Joseph [03130] by their families [04940].

²⁹ Of the sons [01121] of Manasseh [04519]: of Machir [04353], the family [04940] of the Machirites [04354]: and Machir [04353] begat [03205] Gilead [01568]: of Gilead [01568] come the family [04940] of the Gileadites [01569].
³⁰ These are the sons [01121] of Gilead [01568]: of Jeezer [0372], the family [04940] of the Jeezerites [0373]: of Helek [02507], the family [04940] of the Helekites [02516]:
³¹ And of Asriel [0844], the family [04940] of the Asrielites [0845]: and of Shechem [07928], the family [04940] of the Shechemites [07930]:
³² And of Shemida [08061], the family [04940] of the Shemidaites [08062]: and of Hepher [02660], the family [04940] of the Hepherites [02662].
³³ And Zelophehad [06765] the son [01121] of Hepher [02660] had no sons [01121], but daughters [01323]: and the names [08034] of the daughters [01323] of Zelophehad [06765] were Mahlah [04244], and Noah [05270], Hoglah [02295], Milcah [04435], and Tirzah [08656].

²⁴ And these were the heads [07218] of the house [01004] of their fathers [01], even Epher [06081], and Ishi [03469], and Eliel [0447], and Azriel [05837], and Jeremiah [03414], and Hodaviah [01938], and Jahdiel [03164], mighty [01368] men [0582] of valour [02428], famous [08034] men [0582], and heads [07218] of the house [01004] of their fathers [01].

⁴⁰ And Moses [04872] gave [05414] Gilead [01568] unto Machir [04353] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519]; and he dwelt [03427] therein.

¹ Then came [0935] the children [01121] of Israel [03478], even the whole congregation [05712], into the desert [04057] of Zin [06790] in the first [07223] month [02320]: and the people [05971] abode [03427] in Kadesh [06946]; and Miriam [04813] died [04191] there, and was buried [06912] there.

⁸ Thus dwelt [03427] Esau [06215] in mount [02022] Seir [08165]: Esau [06215] is Edom [0123].

¹⁹ And out of the ground [0127] the LORD [03068] God [0430] formed [03335] every beast [02416] of the field [07704], and every fowl [05775] of the air [08064]; and brought [0935] them unto Adam [0120] to see [07200] what he would call [07121] them: and whatsoever Adam [0120] called [07121] every living [02416] creature [05315], that [01931] was the name thereof [08034].

³⁹ And the children [01121] of Machir [04353] the son [01121] of Manasseh [04519] went [03212] to Gilead [01568], and took [03920] it, and dispossessed [03423] the Amorite [0567] which was in it.

¹³ And the rest [03499] of Gilead [01568], and all Bashan [01316], being the kingdom [04467] of Og [05747], gave [05414] I unto the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519]; all the region [02256] of Argob [0709], with all Bashan [01316], which [01931] was called [07121] the land [0776] of giants [07497].

³³ And they turned [06437] and went up [05927] by the way [01870] of Bashan [01316]: and Og [05747] the king [04428] of Bashan [01316] went out [03318] against [07125] them, he, and all his people [05971], to the battle [04421] at Edrei [0154].
³⁴ And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Fear [03372] him not: for I have delivered [05414] him into thy hand [03027], and all his people [05971], and his land [0776]; and thou shalt do [06213] to him as thou didst [06213] unto Sihon [05511] king [04428] of the Amorites [0567], which dwelt [03427] at Heshbon [02809].