And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
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Gill's Exposition
And Gilead,.... The land of Gilead, which was part of the kingdom of Og, half of which was given to Reuben, and the other half to Gad:
and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites; of which see…
The writer appends to the command of God Jos 13:1-7 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The…
Adam Clarke
Border of the Geshurites - See on Jos 12:5 (note).
Here we have, I. Orders given to Joshua to assign to each tribe its portion of this land, including that which was yet unsubdued, which must be brought into the lot, in a believing confidence that it…
The Territory of the Two Tribes and a Half East of the Jordan. Its Boundaries
8. With whom i.e. with Manasseh. It alludes to the other half of that tribe.
the Reubenites and the Gadites These…