Numbers 32
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Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of v Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock.
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So the people of Gad and the people of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the congregation,
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w "Ataroth, x Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, y Nebo, and Beon,
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the land z that the Lord struck down before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock."
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And they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan."
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But Moses said to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben, "Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here?
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Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land that the Lord has given them?
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Your fathers did this, a when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
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For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from going into the land that the Lord had given them.
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b And the Lord's anger was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying,
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'Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, c from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to give d to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed me,
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none except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the e Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for f they have wholly followed the Lord.'
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And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them g wander in the wilderness forty years, until h all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was gone.
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And behold, you have risen in your fathers' place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel!
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For if you i turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people."
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Then they came near to him and said, j "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,
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but k we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
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l We will not return to our homes until each of the people of Israel has gained his inheritance.
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For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, m because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east."
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So n Moses said to them, "If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the Lord for the war,
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and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the Lord, until he has o driven out his enemies from before him
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and the land is subdued before the Lord; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the Lord and to Israel, and p this land shall be your possession before the Lord.
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But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and q be sure your sin will find you out.
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r Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised."
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And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.
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s Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead,
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t but your servants will pass over, every man who is u armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord orders."
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So v Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to w Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.
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And Moses said to them, "If the people of Gad and the people of Reuben, every man who is armed to battle before the Lord, will pass with you over the Jordan and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession.
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However, if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan."
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And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben answered, "What the Lord has said to your servants, we will do.
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We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan."
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And x Moses gave to them, to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country.
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And the people of Gad built y Dibon, z Ataroth, a Aroer,
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Atroth-shophan, b Jazer, Jogbehah,
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c Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, d fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
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And the people of Reuben built e Heshbon, y Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
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f Nebo, and g Baal-meon ( h their names were changed), and c Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built.
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And the sons of i Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
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And Moses j gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he settled in it.
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And k Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.
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And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon.
Numbers 32:35
Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah.
Numbers 21:32
And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
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Numbers 32:34
And the people of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer.
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Numbers 32:34
And the people of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer.
Numbers 21:30
So we overthrew them; Heshbon, as far as Dibon, perished; and we laid waste as far as Nophah; fire spread as far as Medeba.
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Numbers 32:38
Nebo, and Baal-meon ( their names were changed)...
Numbers 33:47
And they set out from Almon-diblathaim and camp...
Deuteronomy 32:49
Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, ...
1 Chronicles 5:8
And Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of ...
Isaiah 15:2
He has gone up to the temple, and to Dibon, to ...
Isaiah 46:1
Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on ...
Jeremiah 48:1
Concerning Moab. Thus says the Lord of hosts, t...
Jeremiah 48:22
And Dibon, and Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim.
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Numbers 21:24
And Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strong.
Numbers 21:34
But the Lord said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people, and his land. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.
Numbers 32:33
And Moses gave to them, to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country.
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Numbers 13:3
So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.
Numbers 13:21 - 33
So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.
Deuteronomy 1:22 - 28
Then all of you came near me and said, 'Let us send men before us, that they may explore the land for us and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up and the cities into which we shall come.
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Numbers 32:10 - 12
And the Lord 's anger was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying.
Deuteronomy 1:34 - 36
And the Lord heard your words and was angered, and he swore.
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Numbers 14:29
Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and of all your number, listed in the census from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me.
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Genesis 50:24
And Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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Joshua 14:6
Then the people of Judah came to Joshua at Gilgal. And Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God in Kadesh-barnea concerning you and me.
Joshua 15:17
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
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Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.
Deuteronomy 1:36
Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the Lord!
Joshua 14:8 - 9
But my brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the Lord my God.
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Numbers 14:33 - 35
And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness.
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Numbers 26:64 - 65
But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
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Deuteronomy 30:17
But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them.
Joshua 22:16
Thus says the whole congregation of the Lord, 'What is this breach of faith that you have committed against the God of Israel in turning away this day from following the Lord by building yourselves an altar this day in rebellion against the Lord ?
Joshua 22:18
That you too must turn away this day from following the Lord ? And if you too rebel against the Lord today then tomorrow he will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
2 Chronicles 7:19 - 20
But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them.
2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
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Numbers 32:24
Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.
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Joshua 4:12 - 13
The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them.
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Joshua 22:4
And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land where your possession lies, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
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Numbers 32:33
And Moses gave to them, to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country.
Joshua 12:1
Now these are the kings of the land whom the people of Israel defeated and took possession of their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, with all the Arabah eastward:
Joshua 13:8
With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them:
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Deuteronomy 3:18
And I commanded you at that time, saying, 'The Lord your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor shall cross over armed before your brothers, the people of Israel.
Joshua 1:13 - 14
"Remember the word that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, 'The Lord your God is providing you a place of rest and will give you this land.'
Joshua 4:12 - 13
The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them.
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Numbers 33:52
Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places.
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Deuteronomy 3:12
When we took possession of this land at that ti...
Deuteronomy 3:15 - 16
To Machir I gave Gilead.
Deuteronomy 3:18
And I commanded you at that time, saying, 'The ...
Joshua 1:15
Until the Lord gives rest to your brothers as h...
Joshua 13:8
With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh th...
Joshua 13:32
These are the inheritances that Moses distribut...
Joshua 22:4
And now the Lord your God has given rest to you...
Joshua 22:9
So the people of Reuben and the people of Gad a...
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Genesis 44:16
And Judah said, "What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord's servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.
Isaiah 59:12
For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:
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Numbers 32:16
Then they came near to him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones.
Numbers 32:34 - 38
And the people of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer.
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Joshua 1:14
Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock shall remain in the land that Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but all the men of valor among you shall pass over armed before your brothers and shall help them.
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Joshua 4:12 - 13
The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them.
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Numbers 31:5
So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
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Joshua 1:13
"Remember the word that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, 'The Lord your God is providing you a place of rest and will give you this land.'
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Numbers 27:18
So the Lord said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him.
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Deuteronomy 29:8
We took their land and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites.
Joshua 12:6
Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the people of Israel defeated them. And Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land for a possession to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 13:8
With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them:
Joshua 22:4
And now the Lord your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them. Therefore turn and go to your tents in the land where your possession lies, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the other side of the Jordan.
Deuteronomy 3:12 - 17
When we took possession of this land at that time, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory beginning at Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead with its cities.
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Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon.
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Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon.
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Deuteronomy 2:36
From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. The Lord our God gave all into our hands.
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Numbers 32:1
Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock.
Numbers 21:32
And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
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Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon.
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Numbers 32:17
But we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
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Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon.
Numbers 21:27
Therefore the ballad singers say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.
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Numbers 32:34
And the people of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer.
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Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon.
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Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon.
Joshua 13:17
With Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon.
Jeremiah 48:23
And Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon.
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Exodus 23:13
Pay attention to all that I have said to you, and make no mention of the names of other gods, nor let it be heard on your lips.
Joshua 23:7
That you may not mix with these nations remaining among you or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them.
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Numbers 32:36
Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
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Genesis 50:23
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph's own.
1 Chronicles 7:14 - 15
The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
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Deuteronomy 3:13
The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, that is, all the region of Argob, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All that portion of Bashan is called the land of Rephaim.
Deuteronomy 3:15
To Machir I gave Gilead.
Joshua 13:31
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. These were allotted to the people of Machir the son of Manasseh for the half of the people of Machir according to their clans.
Joshua 17:1
Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.
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Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
1 Chronicles 2:21 - 23
Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.
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