Numbers 32:39
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
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Gill's Exposition
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh,.... That is, to the children of Machir, who went and took it; though some say, as Aben Ezra observes, that Machir himself was now alive, and that…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
The children of Machir - Machir, the son of Manasseh, was long since dead: even his sons had been brought up upon Joseph’s knees Gen 50:23. But the renown acquired by his descendants raised his family…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The individual action of clans (here and in Num 32:32 f.) is similar to that described in Jdg 1:3; Jdg 1:22. See prelim. note.