Deu 3:12-17 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Deut 3:12-20: 3:12-20 See Num 32 . 3:12 The tribes of Reuben and Gad had asked Moses to let them settle east of the Jordan rather than in Canaan, and he allowed them to do so (Num 32:1-5 ). • Aroer: See study note on Deut 2:36.

Summary for Deut 3:12-20: 3:12-20 ^a See Num 32 ^b. 3:12 ^c The tribes of Reuben and Gad had asked Moses to let them settle east of the Jordan rather than in Canaan, and he allowed them to do so (Num 32:1-5 ^d).

• Aroer: See study note on Deut 2:36.
3:13 ^e The half-tribe of Manasseh made the same request as Reuben and Gad (3:12 ^f), and Moses accepted their request. Gad and Reuben settled between the Arnon (see 2:24 ^g) and the middle of Gilead (see 2:36 ^h), and Manasseh took everything north of that, including Bashan (see 3:1 ⁱ).

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

• 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 ^m) after Jair brought it under Israelite control.
3:15 ⁿ Makir was a clan in the tribe of Manasseh (Num 26:29 ^o) to which Jair was related (1 Chr 2:21-23 ^p). The clan of Makir settled south of Bashan in the northern part of Gilead (see Deut 3:13 ^q).
3:17 ^r from the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea: The Hebrew name for the beautiful Sea of Galilee is kinnereth, which might come from kinnor (“harp”) because of its shape.

• The Dead Sea (Hebrew yam hammelakh, “Salt Sea”), here also called the Sea of the Arabah (see study note on 1:1), has a very high mineral content (about 30 percent).

• Pisgah is a section of the Abarim mountain range; its most prominent peak is Mount Nebo, where Moses died (see 34:1 ^s).