12 "So we took possession of this land at that time . From Aroer , which is by the valley of Arnon , and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites . 13 "The rest of Gilead and all Bashan , the kingdom of Og , I gave to the half-tribe e of Manasseh , all the region of Argob (concerning all Bashan , it is called the land of Rephaim . 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites , and called it, that is, Bashan , after his own name , Havvoth-jair , as it is to this day .) 15 " To Machir I gave Gilead . 16 "To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even as far as the valley of Arnon , the middle of the valley as a border and as far as the river Jabbok , the border of the sons of Ammon ; 17 the Arabah also, with the Jordan as a border , from Chinnereth even as far as the sea of the Arabah , the Salt Sea , at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah on the east . 18 "Then I commanded you at that time , saying , ' The Lord your God has given you this land to possess it; all you valiant men shall cross over armed before your brothers , the sons of Israel . 19 ' But your wives and your little ones and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock ) shall remain in your cities which I have given you, 20 until the Lord gives rest to your fellow countrymen as to you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God will give them beyond the Jordan . Then you may return every man to his possession which I have given you.'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:12-20
Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:12-20
(Read Deuteronomy 3:12-20)
This country was settled on the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh: see Numbers 32. Moses repeats the condition of the grant to which they agreed. When at rest, we should desire to see our brethren at rest too, and should be ready to do what we can towards it; for we are not born for ourselves, but are members one of another.