"To MachirI gaveGilead.
Josephsawthe thirdgeneration of Ephraim'ssons;alsothe sonsof Machir,the sonof Manasseh,were bornon Joseph'sknees.
Segubbecamethe fatherof Jair,who hadtwenty-threecitiesin the landof Gilead.
The sonsof Manasseh:of Machir,the familyof the Machirites;and Machirbecamethe fatherof Gilead:of Gilead,the familyof the Gileadites.
Now to the one half-tribeof ManassehMoseshad given[a possession] in Bashan,but to the other halfJoshuagave[a possession] amongtheir brotherswestwardbeyondthe Jordan.So whenJoshuasentthem awayto their tents,he blessedthem,
