KJV King James Version
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, [even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
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Joshua 13:31
And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, [even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.
WEB World English Bible
Half Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.
ASV American Standard Version
and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the half of Gilead, and Ashteroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, are to the sons of Machir, son of Manasseh, to the half of the sons of Machir, for their families.
Surrounding context — Joshua 13
28 This [is] the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.
29 And Moses gave [inheritance] unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and [this] was [the possession] of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.
30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which [are] in Bashan, threescore cities:
31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, [were pertaining] unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, [even] to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.
32 These [are the countries] which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.
33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not [any] inheritance: the LORD God of Israel [was] their inheritance, as he said unto them.
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וַחֲצִ֤יH2677 · che.tsihalfהַגִּלְעָד֙H1568 · gil.adGileadוְעַשְׁתָּר֣וֹתH6252 · ash.ta.rotAshtarothוְאֶדְרֶ֔עִיH154 · ed.re.iEdreiעָרֵ֛יH5892 · irexcitementמַמְלְכ֥וּתH4468 · mam.la.khutkingdomע֖וֹגH5747 · ogOgבַּבָּשָׁ֑ןH1316 · ba.shanBashanלִבְנֵ֤יH1121 · benson: childמָכִיר֙H4353 · ma.khirMachirבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childמְנַשֶּׁ֔הH4519 · me.nash.shehManassehלַחֲצִ֥יH2677 · che.tsihalfבְנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childמָכִ֖ירH4353 · ma.khirMachirלְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃H4940 · mish.pa.chahfamily
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