Bible Cross References
Machir
1 Chronicles 2:21-23
21
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he had taken when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
22
Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
23
(Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its daughter- villages; sixty cities.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
Genesis 50:23
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. Also the children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born upon Joseph's knees.
Numbers 26:29-34
29
The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.
30
These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;
31
of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;
32
of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.
33
Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34
These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
Numbers 27:1
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Numbers 32:30-42
30
But if they do not cross over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
31
And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying: As Jehovah has said to your servants, so we will do.
32
We will cross over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us on this side of the Jordan.
33
And Moses gave to the sons of Gad, to the sons of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding land.
34
And the sons of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer,
35
Atroth-shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah,
36
Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
37
And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim,
38
Nebo and Baal-meon (their names being changed) and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
39
And the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.
40
And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it.
41
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured its small towns, and called them Havoth-jair.
42
And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah, after his own name.
Deuteronomy 3:13-15
13
The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the giants.
14
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and called Bashan after his own name, Havoth Jair, to this day.)
15
I also gave Gilead to Machir.
Joshua 13:31
half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh, for half of the sons of Machir according to their families.
Joshua 17:1-3
1
There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph: for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war; therefore he was given Gilead and Bashan.
2
And there was a lot for the rest of the sons of Manasseh according to their families: for the sons of Abiezer, the sons of Helek, the sons of Asriel, the sons of Shechem, the sons of Hepher, and the sons of Shemida; these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.
3
But Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters. And these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Judges 5:14
Out of Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek. After you, Benjamin, with your peoples, from Machir came down governors, and from Zebulun those who bear the staff of scribes.