Numbers 32:40

Free Bible Version

So Moses gave Gilead to the family of Machir, son of Manasseh, and they settled there.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 2:22

Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in Gilead.

Deuteronomy 3:12

This is when we took over the land. I assigned to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the land to the north of the town of Aroer in the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns.

Joshua 17:1

This was the allocation to the tribe of Manasseh, Joseph's firstborn son. Machir was Manasseh's firstborn son who was the father of Gilead. Because Machir had been an excellent fighter, Gilead and Bashan had already been allocated to him.