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Joshua 13:31

in Joshua 13

half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.

KJV

And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

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This verse in Joshua 13

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Children of Machir - Whom before he called the children of Manasseh, he now calls the children of Machir, because Machir was the most eminent, and as it may seem, the only surviving son of Manasseh, Num. xxvi, 29;

This site's exposition

what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad

on Joshua 13:24-31

Gad inherits Jacob's ground, since Mahanaim is where Jacob met the angels of God at Genesis 32:1-2. Adam Clarke identifies Ramath-mizpeh with Ramoth-gilead, a city of refuge at Joshua 20:8 and the field where Ahab dies. Manasseh receives the sixty towns of Jair, named by Jair at Numbers 32:41.

This site's exposition

the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh

The eastern half of Manasseh is named by Machir, whom John Wesley takes as the most eminent son of Manasseh, citing Numbers 26:29. Numbers 32:39 to 40 records that Machir's clans took Gilead and received it from Moses. The rest of Manasseh is provided for at Joshua 17:2.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

In the edge of the tribe stood Chorazin, honoured with Christ's wondrous works, but ruined by his righteous woe for not improving them. [4.] Twice in this chapter it is taken notice of that to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance (

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

The Distribution of Canaan. 1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the L ORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.

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And half Gilead,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's; but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitations must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup, Deut. x.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַחֲצִ֤יand [the] half of

    vachatziH2677 →125 times

  • הַגִּלְעָד֙<the> Gilead

    hagiladH1568 →134 times

  • וְעַשְׁתָּר֣וֹתand Ashtaroth

    veashtarotH6252 →12 times

  • וְאֶדְרֶ֔עִיand Edrei

    veedreiH154 →8 times

  • עָרֵ֛י[the] cities of

    ʾareiH5892 →1090 times

  • מַמְלְכ֥וּת[the] kingdom of

    mamlekhutH4468 →9 times

  • ע֖וֹגOg

    ogH5747 →22 times

  • בַּבָּשָׁ֑ןin <the> Bashan

    babashanH1316 →60 times

  • לִבְנֵ֤י[belong] to [the] descendants of

    livneiH1121 →4930 times

  • מָכִיר֙Makir

    makhirH4353 →22 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • מְנַשֶּׁ֔הManasseh

    menashehH4519 →146 times

  • לַחֲצִ֥יto [the] half of

    lachatziH2677 →125 times

  • בְנֵֽי־[the] descendants of

    venei-H1121 →4930 times

  • מָכִ֖ירMakir

    makhirH4353 →22 times

  • לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃to clans their

    lemishpechotamH4940 →303 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Joshua 12:4And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.4 worksPsalms 60:7Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.4 worksNumbers 32:39–40The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.3 works1 Chronicles 7:14The descendants of Manasseh: Through his Aramean concubine, Asriel, as well as Machir the father of Gilead.3 worksGenesis 14:5In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,2 worksJoshua 22:9So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Obadiah 1:19Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.2 worksJudges 5:17Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger by the ships? Asher stayed at the coast and remained in his harbors.2 worksDeuteronomy 3:10all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 12:4

    And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 1:4

      This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.

    • Deuteronomy 3:10–11

      all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.

    • Joshua 13:12

      the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,

    • Numbers 21:33–35

      Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.

    • Deuteronomy 3:1–7

      Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.

Where this verse is studied

About Joshua

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, John Martin, 1816, National Gallery of Art. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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