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Numbers 32:40 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt "
Numbers 32:40
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And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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Numbers 32:1
"Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;"
Numbers 32:2
"The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,"
Numbers 32:3
"Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,"
Numbers 32:4
"Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:"
Numbers 32:5
"Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan."
Numbers 32:6
"And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit"
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