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 ki...
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 desce...
First Discourse ( Deuteronomy 1:14 to Deuteronomy 4:43 ) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamp...
(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...
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...
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...
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 poste...
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 va...
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 again...
Allotment of the Conquered Lands. B. C. 1451....
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 Machi...
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 Transjo...
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 Amo...
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, “Wh...
EXPOSITION Deuteronomy 3:1-5 CONQUEST OF OG , KING OF BASHAN . The Amorites had wrested from Moab a portion of the territory...
The Division of the Country
And I gave Gilead, the northern half, unto Machir.
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 Child...
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.
15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir.