Joshua 17
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Joshua 17:11-18

11And ManassehH4519 had in IssacharH3485 and in AsherH836 Beth-sheanH1052 and its towns, and IbleamH2991 and its towns, and the inhabitantsH3427 of DorH1756 and its towns, and the inhabitantsH3427 of En-dorH5874 and its towns, and the inhabitantsH3427 of TaanachH8590 and its towns, and the inhabitantsH3427 of MegiddoH4023 and its towns, even the threeH7969 heights. 12Yet the children of ManassehH4519 could not drive out the inhabitantsH3427 of those citiesH5892; but the CanaanitesH3669 would dwellH3427 in that landH776. 13And it came to pass, when the children of IsraelH3478 wereH1961 waxed strongH2388, that they putH5414 the CanaanitesH3669 to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out.

14And the children of JosephH3130 spake unto JoshuaH3091, sayingH559, WhyH4069 hast thou givenH5414 me but oneH259 lotH1486 and oneH259 part for an inheritanceH5159, seeing I am a greatH7227 peopleH5971, forasmuch as hitherto Jehovah hath blessedH1288 me? 15And JoshuaH3091 saidH559 unto them, If thou be a greatH7227 peopleH5971, get thee up to the forestH3293, and cut down for thyself there in the landH776 of the Perizzites and of the RephaimH7497; since the hill-country of EphraimH669 is tooH7227 narrow for thee. 16And the children of JosephH3130 saidH559, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the CanaanitesH3669 that dwellH3427 in the landH776 of the valleyH6010 have chariotsH7393 of ironH1270, both they who are in Beth-sheanH1052 and its towns, and they who are in the valleyH6010 of JezreelH3157. 17And JoshuaH3091 spake unto the houseH1004 of JosephH3130, even to EphraimH669 and to ManassehH4519, sayingH559, Thou art a greatH1419 peopleH5971, and hast greatH1419 powerH3581; thou shalt not have oneH259 lotH1486 only: 18but the hill-country shall beH1961 thine; for though it is a forestH3293, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall beH1961 thine; for thou shalt drive out the CanaanitesH3669, though they have chariotsH7393 of ironH1270, and though they are strongH2389.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain