I gave Gilead to Machir,
Moses had given territory to half the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, but Joshua had given territory to the other half, with their brothers, on the west side of the Jordan. When Joshua sent them to their homes and blessed them,
Manasseh’s descendants: the Machirite clan from Machir. Machir fathered Gilead; the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation; the sons of Manasseh’s son Machir were recognised by , Joseph.
Segub fathered Jair, who possessed twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.
