Numbers 32:39
Good News Translation
The clan of Machir son of Manasseh invaded the land of Gilead, occupied it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

New Revised Standard Version
The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were there;

Contemporary English Version
The clan of Machir from the tribe of East Manasseh went to the region of Gilead, captured its towns, and forced out the Amorites.

New American Bible
The descendants of Machir, son of Manasseh, went to Gilead and captured it, dispossessing the Amorites who were there.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Moreover the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, went into Galaad, and wasted it, cutting off the Amorrhites, the inhabitants thereof.

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Moreover the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, went into Galaad, and wasted it, cutting off the Amorrhites, the inhabitants thereof.

Numbers 26:29 Of Manasses was born Machir, of whom is the family of the Machirites. Machir begot Galaad, of whom is the family of the Galaadites.

Genesis 50:23 And he saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the sons of Manasses, were born on Joseph's knees.

Joshua 17:1 And this lot fell to the tribe of Manasses for he is the firstborn of Joseph to Machir the firstborn of Manasses the father of Galaad, who was a warlike man, and had for possession Galaad and Basan.

Context
The Tribes East of the Jordan
38And Nabo, and Baalmeon (their names being changed) and Sabama: giving names to the cities which they had built. 39Moreover the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, went into Galaad, and wasted it, cutting off the Amorrhites, the inhabitants thereof.40And Moses gave the land of Galaad to Machir the son of Manasses, and he dwelt in it.…
Cross References
Genesis 50:23
And he saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the sons of Manasses, were born on Joseph's knees.

Deuteronomy 3:15
To Machir also I gave Galaad.

Numbers 32:38
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