Numbers 26:29
in Numbers 26These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
KJV
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
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This verse in Numbers 26
Commentary
1 note on this verseThis site's exposition
Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir
on Numbers 26:29-34
Manasseh is counted through Machir and Gilead, and the six sons of Gilead give the six families of the tribe. The list reaches Hepher, then Zelophehad, and then records five names a muster roll had no need of, Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. A daughter has no standing in a count of men able to go to war, and these five are written in anyway. Chapter 27 is where they come and ask for a share of the inheritance this census is being taken to divide.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֗ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| לְמָכִיר֙ | lemakhir | of Makir | H4353 → | 22 times |
| מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת | mishpachat | [the] clan of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| הַמָּכִירִ֔י | hamakhiri | the Makirite[s] | H4354 → | |
| וּמָכִ֖יר | umakhir | and Makir | H4353 → | 22 times |
| הוֹלִ֣יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גִּלְעָ֑ד | gilad | Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| לְגִלְעָ֕ד | legilad | of Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת | mishpachat | [the] clan of | H4940 → | 303 times |
| הַגִּלְעָדִֽי׃ | hagiladi | the Gileadite[s] | H1569 → |
בְּנֵ֣י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֗הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
לְמָכִיר֙of Makir
lemakhirH4353 →22 times
מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת[the] clan of
mishpachatH4940 →303 times
הַמָּכִירִ֔יthe Makirite[s]
hamakhiriH4354 →
וּמָכִ֖ירand Makir
umakhirH4353 →22 times
הוֹלִ֣ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
גִּלְעָ֑דGilead
giladH1568 →134 times
לְגִלְעָ֕דof Gilead
legiladH1568 →134 times
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת[the] clan of
mishpachatH4940 →303 times
הַגִּלְעָדִֽי׃the Gileadite[s]
hagiladiH1569 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Deuteronomy 3:15To Machir I gave Gilead,
it leads to
- Numbers 32:39–40
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 32:39–40
Through
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…
it leads to
- Genesis 50:23
He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 41:51
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
- Genesis 46:20
Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
- Genesis 48:18
“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
- Genesis 50:23
Through
Judges 5:14Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
it leads to
- Judges 3:27
On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
- Judges 12:15
Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
- Judges 3:13
After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
- Judges 3:27
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