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40And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

Numbers 32:40

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 28-42)

Here, 1. Moses settles this matter with Eleazar, and with Joshua who was to be his successor, knowing that he himself must not live to see it perfected, Num. 32:28-30. He gives them an estate upon condition, leaving it to Joshua, if they fulfilled the condition, to declare the estate absolute: “If they will not go over with you ,” he does not say “you shall give them no inheritance at all,” but “y...

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