The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Numbers 32:39 in context
Numbers 32:36–42
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Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.
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The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
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Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.
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Selected verse
The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein.
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Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein.
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Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair.
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Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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