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31 half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, the cities where Og king of Bashan had ruled. All this went to the ·family [or descendants; L children/sons] of Makir son of Manasseh, and half of all his ·sons [descendants] were given this land.

32 Moses had given this land to these tribes on the plains of Moab across the Jordan River east of Jericho [Num. 32:32, 39–42]. 33 But Moses had given no land to the tribe of Levi because the Lord, the God of Israel, promised that he himself would be the gift for the Levites [v. 14; 18:7; Num. 18:20; Deut. 18:1–8].

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31 half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei (the royal cities of Og in Bashan).(A) This was for the descendants of Makir(B) son of Manasseh—for half of the sons of Makir, according to their clans.(C)

32 This is the inheritance Moses had given when he was in the plains of Moab(D) across the Jordan east of Jericho.(E) 33 But to the tribe of Levi, Moses had given no inheritance;(F) the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance,(G) as he promised them.(H)

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