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Numbers 32:39

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The clan of Machir son of Manasseh invaded the land of Gilead, occupied it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

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He lived to see Ephraim's children and grandchildren. He also lived to receive the children of Machir son of Manasseh into the family.

and on to Gilead and to Kadesh, in Hittite territory. Then they went to Dan, and from Dan they went west to Sidon.

The tribe of Manasseh. Machir son of Manasseh was the father of Gilead, and the following clans traced their ancestry to Gilead:

“I assigned Gilead to the clan of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh.

A part of the land west of the Jordan was assigned to some of the families descended from Joseph's older son Manasseh. Machir, the father of Gilead, was Manasseh's oldest son and a military hero, so Gilead and Bashan, east of the Jordan, were assigned to him.

For eighteen years they oppressed and persecuted all the Israelites who lived in Amorite country east of the Jordan River in Gilead.

They came from Ephraim into the valley, behind the tribe of Benjamin and its people. The commanders came down from Machir, the officers down from Zebulun.




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