Deuteronomy 3:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I gave some of the land and towns we captured to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. Their share started at the gorge of the River Arnon in the south, took in the town of Aroer on the edge of the gorge, and went far enough north to include the southern half of the Gilead region. The northern part of their land went as far east as the upper gorge of the River Jabbok, which formed their border with the Ammonites. I also gave them the eastern side of the valley of the River Jordan, from Lake Galilee south to the Dead Sea below the slopes of Mount Pisgah. I gave the northern half of Gilead and all of the Bashan region to half the tribe of Manasseh. Bashan had belonged to King Og, and the Argob region in Bashan used to be called the Land of the Rephaim. Jair from the Manasseh tribe conquered the Argob region as far west as the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah. The Israelites even started calling Bashan by the name “Villages of Jair”, and that is still its name. I gave the northern half of Gilead to the Machir clan.

Cross References

2 Kings 10:33

of the regions of Gilead and Bashan east of the River Jordan and north of the town of Aroer near the River Arnon. This was the land where the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh had once lived.

Numbers 32:40

So Moses gave the Machirites the region of Gilead, and they settled there.

Deuteronomy 2:36

The LORD helped us capture every town from the gorge of the River Arnon north to the boundary of Gilead, including the town of Aroer on the edge of the gorge and the town in the middle of the gorge.

Deuteronomy 29:7

When we first camped here, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan attacked, but we defeated them.

Deuteronomy 29:8

Then we captured their land and divided it among the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh.

Deuteronomy 4:48

from the town of Aroer on the edge of the gorge of the River Arnon, north to Mount Hermon.