Numbers 32:39
in Numbers 32The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
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ASV
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.
KJV
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
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This verse in Numbers 32
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The children of Machir - Machir, the son of Manasseh, was long since dead: even his sons had been brought up upon Joseph’s knees Gen 50:23. But the renown acquired by his descendants raised his family almost to the dignity of a tribe; and the Machirites are in the next verse styled Machir, just as the children of Judah or of Ephraim are often spoken of as Judah or Ephraim. So in Jdg 5:14 Machir is coupled with Ephraim and Zebulun.
This site's exposition
the children of Machir the son of Manasseh
on Numbers 32:39-42
The chapter closes with three men who take ground and put a name on it, Machir, Jair and Nobah. The towns of Jair are the Havoth-jair of Deuteronomy 3:14, and Nobah puts his own name on Kenath, which Albert Barnes notes fell out of use so completely that the older name holds the site today. The tribes that settled first, and settled outside the borders drawn in Numbers 34, are the tribes carried away first, which 2 Kings 15:29 and 1 Chronicles 5:26 record.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Jazer - A city and country of the Amorites; Gilead - A mountainous country, famous for pasturage 6. Ye sit here - In ease and peace, while your brethren are engaged in a bloody war.
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it,....
"Let them win it and wear it, get it and take it." And, they being celebrated for their courage and bravery, it was for the common safety to put them in this frontier-country. Concerning the settlement of these tribes observe, (1.) They built the cities, that is, repaired them, because either they had been damaged by the war or the Amorites had suffered them to go to decay.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בְּנֵ֨י | benei | [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מָכִ֧יר | makhir | Makir | H4353 → | 22 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְנַשֶּׁ֛ה | menasheh | Manasseh | H4519 → | 146 times |
| גִּלְעָ֖דָה | giladah | Gilead towards | H1568 → | 134 times |
| וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֑הָ | vaiyilkeduha | and they captured it | H3920 → | 121 times |
| וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁ | vaiyoresh | and he dispossessed | H3423 → | 231 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאֱמֹרִ֥י | haemori | the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּֽהּ׃ | bah | [was] in <the> it |
וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּand they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
בְּנֵ֨י[the] descendants of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
מָכִ֧ירMakir
makhirH4353 →22 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
מְנַשֶּׁ֛הManasseh
menashehH4519 →146 times
גִּלְעָ֖דָהGilead towards
giladahH1568 →134 times
וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֑הָand they captured it
vaiyilkeduhaH3920 →121 times
וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁand he dispossessed
vaiyoreshH3423 →231 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאֱמֹרִ֥יthe Amorite[s]
haemoriH567 →87 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בָּֽהּ׃[was] in <the> it
bah
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
Numbers 26:29These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
it leads to
- Joshua 17:1
Now 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joshua 17:1
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
- 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 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.”
- Numbers 26:29
These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
- Genesis 46:20
Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
- 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.
- Numbers 32:39–40
Through
Genesis 50:23He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
it leads to
- Genesis 30:3
Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
- Job 42:16
After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
- Genesis 30:3
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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.