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.
Half of Gilead, along with Ashtaroth and Edrei (cities that belonged to King Og's kingdom in Bashan), were given to the descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh. This inheritance went to half of Machir's descendants, distributed among their family groups.
This verse describes how God fulfilled His promise by giving specific territories to half of Manasseh's tribe through Machir's family line.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Joshua, the Israelites were in the process of dividing the Promised Land after their conquests, as God had commanded through Moses and Joshua. This verse specifically describes the allocation of territories in the region of Gilead and Bashan, which were part of the lands taken from King Og, to the descendants of Machir, a son of Manasseh from the tribe of Joseph. This distribution reflected God's faithfulness in fulfilling the covenant promises to Abraham by assigning inheritance based on family lineages.
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