Numbers 32:40

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Moses giveth Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelleth in it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 32:40 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 3:13To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
  2. Joshua 13:29This is what Moses had given to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh, that is, to half the tribe of the descendants of Manasseh:
  3. Joshua 17:1Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
  4. 1 Chronicles 2:22Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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