13:30a

The territory from Mahanaim: The town of Mahanaim was on the south border of the tribes of Gad and Manasseh. Its exact location is uncertain. The town of Mahanaim was mentioned in 13:26 and you should translate it the same way in both places.

Here is another way to translate this phrase:

their land extended north from the town of Mahanaim

13:30b

through all Bashan—all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan: The phrase through all Bashan contains the same information as the next phrase, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan.

Here is another way to translate this clause:

it included the country of Bashan, which was ruled by King Og

Bashan: The term Bashan indicates a country or a region that was on a high and fertile plateau north of Gilead. The country of Bashan was mentioned in Joshua 9:10 and you should translate it the same way in both places.

13:30c

including all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan: The phrase all the towns of Jair that are in Bashan indicates that the towns that Jair captured were included in the territory of Manasseh. Jair was a descendant of Manasseh. The story of how he captured these towns is found in Numbers 32:41.

sixty cities: In some languages it may be more natural to include the words sixty cities as part of the preceding phrase. For example:

It included all the sixty cities which Jair, ⌊a descendant of Manasseh,⌋ captured in Bashan

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