Joshua 13:29-33

The Territory of Manasseh Joshua 13:29-33

29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.
30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:
31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
32 These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the Lord God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

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In what area did the half-tribe of Manasseh settle east of Jordan? Joshua 13:29-33

Children of Machir, a son of Manasseh, settled east of the Jordan. The rest of the descendants of Manasseh by his other children settled west of the Jordan. Thus, each of the two groups of the children of Manasseh became known as a half-tribe. The half-tribe which settled east of the Jordan inhabited the northernmost part of the land east of the Jordan. Their land was the former kingdom of Og, king of Bashan. In New Testament times it was the country known as Decapolis. On the west, it was bordered by the Sea of Galilee and the Jordan River; on the south, by the land of Gad and especially Mahanaim; on the east, by the Arabian desert; and on the north, by the northernmost boundaries of the Promised Land, the land of Hamath.

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Who was Jair? Joshua 13:30

Jair was the son of Segub, the descendant of Judah on his father's side (1 Chronicles 2:22) and from Manasseh on his mother's side. Moses counted Jair among the children of Manasseh (Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14), largely because of his conquest and settling of Gilead (1 Chronicles 2:23). His descendants appeared to have settled in the southern part of the tribe of Manasseh, and some of the towns there are known as Havoth-Jair, or villages of Jair (Numbers 32:41; Deuteronomy 3:14). They are variantly numbered as being twenty-three (1 Chronicles 2:22), thirty (Judges 10:4), and sixty (1 Chronicles 2:23; Joshua 13:30). It is thought that sixty may have been conquered by Jair and his brethren, with only twenty-three designated for him and seven others being added later.

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Who was Machir? Joshua 13:31

Machir was the oldest son of Manasseh (Joshua 17:1). He was old enough to have children before Joseph died in Egypt (Genesis 50:23). His grandson, Zelophehad, had only daughters; and a special decree was made about their inheritance (Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:1; Joshua 17:3). It was his daughter who became the wife of Hezron and mother of Segub (1 Chronicles 2:21). It was this line of the descendants of Manasseh who made special request for the land east of the Jordan, and their request was granted by Moses before he died. Joshua was fully informed about this as he began to make preparations for distributing the rest of the Promised Land to the other tribes.