Joshua 17:13-15

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹³ When the people of Israel grew strong, they made the Canaanites serve as a labor force, but they did not drive them out completely.

¹⁴ The descendants of Joseph spoke with Joshua. They said, “Why did you give us an inheritance of only one lot and one portion, even though we are a numerous people, whom the Lord has blessed right up to the present?”

¹⁵ But Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest and clear some land for yourself in the territory of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too confining for you.”