Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them,
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Gill's Exposition
And he spake unto them,.... To the half tribe of Manasseh only, though some think also to the other ten tribes:
saying, return with much riches unto your tents; that is, return to their own land,…
The insertion of this explanation about the half tribe, and the repetition of Joshua’s farewell, are examples of a marked characteristic of very ancient writers and of Hebrew writers as much as any -…
Adam Clarke
Then he blessed them - Spoke respectfully of their fidelity and exertions, wished them every spiritual and temporal good, prayed to God to protect and save them, and probably gave some gifts to those…
Cambridge Bible
Now to the one half The repetition here of what has been already described more fully (Jos 17:5, &c.), may seem to us superfluous. But "it agrees with the fulness, abundant in repetitions, of the…