Numbers 32:39

Numbers 32:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
• New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it and drove out the Amorites who were there.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.

Context of Numbers 32:39

37The descendants of Reuben built the towns of Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, 38Nebo, Baal-meon, and Sibmah. They changed the names of some of the towns they conquered and rebuilt. Then the descendants of Makir of the tribe of Manasseh went to Gilead and conquered it, and they drove out the Amorites living there. 40So Moses gave Gilead to the Makirites, descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there. 41The people of Jair, another clan of the tribe of Manasseh, captured many of the towns in Gilead and changed the name of that region to the Towns of Jair.

Numbers 32:39 word by word

וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ בְּנֵ֨י מָכִ֧יר בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֛ה גִּלְעָ֖דָה וַֽיִּלְכְּדֻ֑הָ וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁ אֶת־הָאֱמֹרִ֥י אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Machirמָכִירmâkîyr · MachirH4353
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• and tookלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• it, and dispossessedיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• the Amoriteאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567

Cross-references for Numbers 32:39

• Numbers 26:29These were the clans descended from Manasseh: The Makirite clan, named after their ancestor Makir. The Gileadite clan, named after their ancestor Gilead, Makir’s son.
• Genesis 50:23He lived to see three generations of descendants of his son Ephraim, and he lived to see the birth of the children of Manasseh’s son Makir, whom he claimed as his own.
• Joshua 17:1The next allotment of land was given to the half-tribe of Manasseh, the descendants of Joseph’s older son. Makir, the firstborn son of Manasseh, was the father of Gilead. Because his descendants were experienced soldiers, the regions of Gilead and Bashan on the east side of the Jordan had already been given to them.

Commentaries on Numbers 32:39

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39The children of Machir - Machir, the son of Manasseh, was long since dead: even his sons had been brought up upon Joseph‘s knees Genesis 50:23. But the renown acquired by his descendants raised his family almost to the dignity of a tribe; and the Machirites are in the next verse styled Machir, just as the children of Judah or of Ephraim are often spoken of as Judah or Ephraim. So in Judges 5:14 Machir is coupled with Ephraim and Zebulun. Went - i. e…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-42Verses 28-42 Concerning the settlement of these tribes, observe, that they built the cities, that is, repaired them. They changed the names of them; probably they were idolatrous, therefore they should be forgotten. A spirit of selfishness, of seeking our own, not the things of Christ, when each one ought to assist others, is as dangerous as it is common. It is impossible to be sincere in the faith, sensible of the goodness of God, constrained by the love…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39-42Three clans of Manasseh conquered part of Gilead and Bashan (compare Deuteronomy 3:13–15; Joshua 13:29–31). The exact location of Nobah is still unknown (compare Judges 8:11). Havvoth-jair: Compare Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 13:30; Judges 10:4; 1 Kings 4:13; 1 Chronicles 2:21–23).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3939. Gilead--now Jelud.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 32:39

• Amorites
• Machir
• Manasseh

In the dictionaries

• Gilead
• Manasseh
• Amorite
• Gilead, Gileadite
• City
• Destroy
• Discourage
• Fenced cities
• Machir
• Ready

Commentaries on Numbers 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings