Numbers 32:40 BSB — MannaFest

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9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתֵּ֤ן	vai.yi.Ten	and he gave	H5414 →
מֹשֶׁה֙	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַגִּלְעָ֔ד	ha.gil.'Ad	<the> Gilead	H1568 →
לְמָכִ֖יר	le.ma.Khir	to Makir	H4353 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה	me.na.Sheh	Manasseh	H4519 →
וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב	vai.Ye.shev	and he dwelt	H3427 →
בָּֽהּ׃	Bah	in <the> it

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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…
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- 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 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.
- Genesis 46:20
  Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.
- Numbers 32:39–40
  The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

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.Deuteronomy 3:13–15To 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.)Joshua 13:29–31This 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:2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.Song of Solomon 4:1How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.Judges 20:1Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.

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