And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
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Half the tribe of Manasseh - That is (Joshua 17:1), the families of Machir. Moses, when assigning to the pastoral tribes the inh…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
And to half the tribe of Manasseh ... — This is the first mention of the tribe of Manasseh. The application for a grant o…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
And Moses gave to them. We must understand that Moses gave it in such a way that, relying on God’s command, he laid down an invio…
John Gill
JohnGill
And Moses gave unto them
By word of mouth, in the presence of the court, or rather by some instrument drawn up and s…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Concerning the settlement of these tribes, observe that they built the cities, that is, repaired them. They changed their names; probably these nam…
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