“And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:”
And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel — the Manassite patriarchs approach Moses and the leadership with a concern. They represent the families of Machir (whose clan was assigned Gilead in 32:39), and they speak on behalf of the larger Josephite lineage. Their petition suggests they have detected a potential legal problem in the inheritance system.
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