Numbers 32:39
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.”
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“The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite, who <FI>is<Fi> in it;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 32:39 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 50:23He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
- Numbers 26:29These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
- Joshua 17:1Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
- Judges 5:14Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
- Judges 10:8who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
- 2 Samuel 24:6Then they went to Gilead and the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and on to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon.
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