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title = "1 Chronicles 5:23–26"
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date = "2023-10-06"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/1Chronicles5.23-26)
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The third of the Trans-Jordan tribes was actually only half of the tribe of Manasseh.
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The other half settled in the Promised Land with the majority of the Israelites.
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I haven't looked ahead, but I presume that half will get a genealogy in upcoming chapters.
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We are told that the half-tribe of Manasseh grew quite numerous and successful.
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They lived in mountains and hill country, and their leaders are described as "mighty men of valor" (_v. 24_).
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They were famous warriors, kind of like a cross between Olympic athletes and war heroes.
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And yet they did not lead their houses in the way of the Lord.
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Despite their worldly success, they failed where it mattered most, and the Lord removed them, along with Reuben and Gad, from the land they had worked so had to obtain.
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Let us run the race of life so as to win a victor's crown that only You can give.
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