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The settlement of the tribe of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the conquered borders of Sihon the Amorite and Og of Bashan. Numbers 32:1. The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had very many herds; and they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a suitable place for flocks; “The land of Jazer and the land of Gilead” - eastern Transjordan. Numbers 32:3. Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimra, and Heshbon, and Eleale, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon, Cities of eastern Transjordan; Of these, Divon, Ataroth and Nebo are mentioned, among other things, in the inscription of the Moabite king Mesha. Numbers 32:34. And the sons of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer, Numbers 32:35. and Ataroth-Shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehu, Numbers 32:36. and Beth-Nimru and Beth-Garan, fortified cities and sheepfolds. Numbers 32:37. And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon, Eleale, Kiriathaim, Numbers 32:38. and Nebo, and Baal-meon, whose names were changed, and Sibmu, and gave names to the cities that they built. “They built”, or rather, they restored, since most of these cities existed before the Jews arrived here. Numbers 32:39. And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and drove out the Amorites that were in it; Numbers 32:40. and Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it. Numbers 32:41. And Jairus the son of Manasseh went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jairus. Numbers 32:42. And Novach went and took Kenath and the cities that depended on it, and called it by his own name: Novach. For more details on the placement of the tribes of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, see Deut. 3.12–20; Joshua 13:8–12, 24–31. Reuben and Gad occupied the south of eastern Transjordan; Manasseh is the north, and the descendants of Manasseh, the “sons of Machir,” established themselves primarily in Gilead, and the “sons of Jairus,” primarily in Bashan. You might be interested in: