John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
Deuteronomy 3:15
And I gave Gilead unto Machir. The son of Manasseh; not to him personally, who cannot be thought to have been living at this time, but to his posterity, to the Machirites; see Numbers 32:40.
And I gave Gilead unto Machir. The son of Manasseh; not to him personally, who cannot be thought to have been living at this time, but to his posterity, to the Machirites; see Numbers 32:40.
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The conquest of Og (Deuteronomy 3:1)_ 2. The land possessed (Deuteronomy 3:12) 3. Joshua in the place of Moses (Deuteronomy 3:21) In obedience to the word of the
DEUTERONOMY 3:8 gives an account of the distribution, between Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, of the territories taken from the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og. Deuteronomy 3:8. beyond Jordan: see Deu...
Duet Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29. Historical Part of the First Introductory Discourse Spoken in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 1:5) in _the gai_or _glen, over against Beth Pe-or_...
Allotment of the Conquered Lands Thus Israel had taken the two Amorite kingdoms, from the "Arnon to Ḥermon (Deuteronomy 3:8) on which a note is given (Deuteronomy 3:9) that is, from S. to N., the tow...
_And I gave Gilead unto Machir_ Not irreconcilable with Deuteronomy 3:12 where the N. half of Gile-ad is assigned to half-Manasseh, for Machir was held to have been the first and only son of Manasseh,...
8. EXTENT AND DIVISION OF CONQUERED EAST-SIDE LANDS (Deuteronomy 3:12-17) 12 And this land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-countr...
_AND I GAVE GILEAD UNTO MACHIR._ I gave Gilead unto Machir. It was only the half of Gilead (Deuteronomy 3:12) which was given to the descendants of Machir, who was now dead....
FIRST DISCOURSE (DEUTERONOMY 1:14 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:43) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promised Land...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 3 V1 ‘Next we turned and we went along the route towards Bashan. Og, king of Bashan, came out w...
(13-17) Comp. Numbers 32:33, and Notes thereon,...
וּ לְ מָכִ֖יר נָתַ֥תִּי אֶת ־הַ גִּלְעָֽד
THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 3:1 AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two verses of chapter 1,...
THE INHERITANCE OF REUBEN, GAD AND MANASSEH Deuteronomy 3:1 Sihon's defeat, described in the previous chapter, compelled his ally Og to take the field and oppose the further advance of Israel. “ _He...
_Machir's posterity was settled in the same part of Galaad. (Menochius)_...
All these verses, and the events recorded in them, are but a recapitulation of the history which we had before in Numbers 32:1 to which I refer. I shall only, therefore, detain the Reader with observi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4. Let us examine a little more closely these Chapter s, which shew the pains the Spirit took, to set before the eyes of the people all the moti...
_Gilead_ That is, the half part of Gilead. _To Machir _ That is, unto the children of Machir, son of Manasseh, for Machir was now dead. _Half the valley_ Or rather, _to the middle of the river:_ for t...
1 The story of the conquest of Og king of Bashan. 11 The bignes of his bed. 12 The distribution of those lands to the two tribes and halfe. 23 Moses prayer to enter into the land. 26 He is permitt...
And I gave Gilead, the northern half, UNTO MACHIR....
THE DIVISION OF THE COUNTRY...
OG, KING OF BASHAN, DEFEATED (vs.1-11) The history of Og's defeat is in Numbers 21:33. Moses recounts this. Og and his people came out against Israel to battle, just as the ungodly would oppose the t...
12-20 This country was settled on the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: see Deuteronomy 3:32. Moses repeats the condition of the grant to which they agreed. When at rest, we should...
i.e. The half part of Gilead, as appears from DEUTERONOMY 3:12,13. SEE POOLE ON "NUMBERS 32:40". Unto Machir, i.e. unto the children of Machir son of Manasseh, for Machir was now dead....
"Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. And the Lord said unto me, Fear Him not: for I will deliver hi...
Deuteronomy 3:15 gave H5414 (H8804) Gilead H1568 Machir H4353 Machir - Genesis 50:23;...
A DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE LAND THAT IS CAPTURED (DEUTERONOMY 3:8). a They took out of the hands of the two kings of the Amorites in Transjordan the land from Mount Hermon in the north to the River Ar...
CONTENTS: Further review of journeyings. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Og, Joshua. CONCLUSION: That cause cannot but be victorious for which the Lord of Hosts fights. «If God be for us who can be against...
Deuteronomy 3:9. _Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion._ The LXX, willing to adapt the language of the sacred writings to their own age, say, “Which Hermon the Phœnicians call Sanior.” See notes on...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 3:15 MACHIR was the son of Manasseh (Genesis 50:23). Here it refers to his descendants (see also...
CRITICAL NOTES.—CONQUEST OF OG. Israel were able to advance to the Jordan after the defeat of Sihon and the conquest of his land. But Og, the Amonitish King, still kept the northern half of Gilead and...
EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 3:1 CONQUEST OF OG,_ _KING OF_ _BASHAN. The Amorites had wrested from Moab a portion of the territory taken by _the Moabites _and the _Edomites _from the giant aborigines; and...
In chapter three: So we turned, and went by the way of Bashan: unto Og the king of Bashan who came out against us, wit all of his people. And the LORD said unto me, Don't fear him: for I will deliver...
Genesis 50:23; Joshua 17:1; Joshua 22:7; Numbers 26:29; Numbers 32:39;
TURNING BACKWARD Deuteronomy 2:1 _and Deuteronomy 3:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Last week we closed with God's refusal to permit the Children of Israel to go into the land of Canaan. They had come up to K...
Gilead — That is, the half part of Gilead. To Machir — That is, unto the children of Machir, son of Manasseh, for Machir was now dead....