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12 So we took possession of this land at that time. I gave to Reuben and to Gad the land starting at Aroer, which is at the Arnon Canyon, and half of the hill country[a] of Gilead, as well as its cities. 13 I gave to the half tribe of Manasseh the remainder of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, all the territory of Argob (all that part of Bashan is called the land of the Rephaim). 14 Jair, the descendant of Manasseh, took all the territory of Argob up to the border of the Geshurites and the Ma’acathites, and he named the villages of Bashan after himself, Havvoth Jair,[b] as they are called to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 3:12 The Hebrew is literally the mountain. The translation retains the traditional rendering hill country for the highland regions of Israel.
  2. Deuteronomy 3:14 Havvoth Jair means Villages of Jair.