Deuteronomy 3:13

3:13 The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. ¹  (All the region of Argob, ²  that is, all Bashan, is called the land of Rephaim.

Deuteronomy 10:8

10:8 At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi ³  to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings ⁴  in his name, as they do to this very day.

¹ sn Half the tribe of Manasseh. The tribe of Manasseh split into clans, with half opting to settle in Bashan and the other half in Canaan (cf. Num 32:39-42; Josh 17:1-13).

² sn Argob. See note on this term in v. 4.

³ sn The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi. This was not the initial commissioning of the tribe of Levi to this ministry (cf. Num 3:11-13; 8:12-26), but with Aaron’s death it seemed appropriate to Moses to reiterate Levi’s responsibilities. There is no reference in the Book of Numbers to this having been done, but the account of Eleazar’s succession to the priesthood there (Num 20:25-28) would provide a setting for this to have occurred.

⁴ sn To formulate blessings. The most famous example of this is the priestly “blessing formula” of Num 6:24-26.