| Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 3:12-20 This country was settled on the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: see Nu 32. Moses repeats the condition of the grant to which they agreed. When at rest, we should desire to see our brethren at rest too, and should be ready to do what we can towards it; for we are not born for ourselves, but are members one of another. Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - Cf. Numbers 32:40; 1 Chronicles 2:22.) Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd I gave Gilead unto Machir. The son of Manasseh; not to him personally, who cannot be thought to have been living at this time, but to his posterity, to the Machirites; see Numbers 32:40. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary15. I gave Gilead unto Machir—It was only the half of Gilead (De 3:12, 13) which was given to the descendants of Machir, who was now dead.
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