“ And I gave Gilead unto Machir. ”
Deuteronomy 3:8-17 gives an account of the distribution, between Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, of the territories taken from the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og. Deuteronomy 3:8 . beyond Jo...
And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
And I gave Gilead unto Machir. I gave Gilead unto Machir. It was only the half of Gilead ( Deuteronomy 3:12-13 ) which was given to the descendants of Machir, who was now dead.
First Discourse ( Deuteronomy 1:14 to Deuteronomy 4:43 ) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promi...
(13-17) Comp. Numbers 32:33-42 , and Notes thereon,
THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deuteronomy 1:1-46 ; Deuteronomy 2:1-37 ; Deuteronomy 3:1-29 AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two ve...
the Inheritance of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh Deuteronomy 3:1-22 Sihon's defeat, described in the previous chapter, compelled his ally Og to take the field and oppose the further advance of Israe...
All these verses, and the events recorded in them, are but a recapitulation of the history which we had before in Numbers 32:1 to which I refer. I shall only, therefore, detain the Reader with obse...
And I gave Gilead unto Machir. The son of Manasseh; not to him personally, who cannot be thought to have been living at this time, but to his posterity, to the Machirites; see Numbers 32:40 .
Gilead That is, the half part of Gilead. To Machir That is, unto the children of Machir, son of Manasseh, for Machir was now dead. Half the valley Or rather, to the middle of the river: for...
OG, KING OF BASHAN, DEFEATED (vs.1-11) The history of Og's defeat is in Numbers 21:33-35 . Moses recounts this. Og and his people came out against Israel to battle, just as the ungodly would opp...
Allotment of the Conquered Lands. B. C. 1451. 12 And this land, which we possessed a...
i.e. The half part of Gilead, as appears from Deuteronomy 3:12,13 . See Poole on " Numbers 32:40 " . Unto Machir, i.e. unto the children of Machir son of Manasseh, for Machir was now dead.
A Description of the Whole Land That Is Captured ( Deuteronomy 3:8-17 ). a They took out of the hands of the two kings of the Amorites in Transjordan the land from Mount Hermon in the north to th...
CRITICAL NOTES .— Conquest of Og . Israel were able to advance to the Jordan after the defeat of Sihon and the conquest of his land. But Og, the Amonitish King, still kept the northern half of Gilea...
Deuteronomy 3:9 . Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion. The LXX, willing to adapt the language of the sacred writings to their own age, say, “Which Hermon the Phœnicians call Sanior.” See notes...
EXPOSITION Deuteronomy 3:1-5 CONQUEST OF OG , KING OF BASHAN . The Amorites had wrested from Moab a portion of the territory taken by the Moabites and the Edomites from th...
The Division of the Country
Genesis 50:23 ; Joshua 17:1-3 ; Joshua 22:7 ; Numbers 26:29 ; Numbers 32:39 ; Numbers 32:40
Turning Backward Deuteronomy 2:1-37 and Deuteronomy 3:1-29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Last week we closed with God's refusal to permit the Children of Israel to go into the land of Canaan. They...
Gilead — That is, the half part of Gilead. To Machir — That is, unto the children of Machir, son of Manasseh, for Machir was now dead.