Numbers 32:40

New International Version

So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites, the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 2:22

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

Deuteronomy 3:12

Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns.

Joshua 17:1

This was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn, that is, for Makir, Manasseh’s firstborn. Makir was the ancestor of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because the Makirites were great soldiers.