Deu 3:13-15 | TNotes | STEP | 3:13 The half-tribe of Manasseh made the same request as Reuben and Gad (3:12 ), and Moses accepted their request. Gad and Reuben settled between the Arnon (see 2:24 ) and the middle of Gilead (see 2:36 ), and Manasseh took everything north of that, including Bashan (see 3:1 ). • The Rephaites , a giant people related to the Anakites (see 2:11 ), are noted here as being indigenous to Bashan.

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‏ Deuteronomy 3:13-15

3:13 ^a The half-tribe of Manasseh made the same request as Reuben and Gad (3:12 ^b), and Moses accepted their request. Gad and Reuben settled between the Arnon (see 2:24 ^c) and the middle of Gilead (see 2:36 ^d), and Manasseh took everything north of that, including Bashan (see 3:1 ^e).

• The Rephaites, a giant people related to the Anakites (see 2:11 ^f), are noted here as being indigenous to Bashan.
3:14 ^g Jair was a descendant of Manasseh from Makir and Gilead (1 Chr 2:22 ^h).

• Geshurites and Maacathites, kingdoms of Bashan, lay along the west side of the Golan Heights, east of the Sea of Galilee.

• The Towns of Jair was the name given Argob (see Deut 3:4 ⁱ) after Jair brought it under Israelite control.
3:15 ^j Makir was a clan in the tribe of Manasseh (Num 26:29 ^k) to which Jair was related (1 Chr 2:21-23 ^l). The clan of Makir settled south of Bashan in the northern part of Gilead (see Deut 3:13 ^m).