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Joshua 17:13-15
International Standard Version
Joshua 17:13-15
International Standard Version
13 Later on, when the Israelis had become strong, they forced the Canaanites to work for them, but they never did expel them completely.
Protests by the Tribe of Joseph
14 At that time, the descendants of Joseph asked Joshua, “Why did you give us[a] only one allotment and portion for an inheritance, since we’re numerous and the Lord has blessed us all along?”
15 So Joshua replied to them, “Since you’re so numerous, go up to the forest and clear ground there for yourselves in the territory where the Perizzites and Rephaim[b] are, because the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”
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- Joshua 17:14 Lit. me
- Joshua 17:15 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33; Deut 9:2
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