Joshua 17:13-15

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹³ When the Israelites became strong enough, they made the Canaanites do forced labor, since they didn’t force all of them out.

¹⁴ Joseph’s descendants asked Joshua, “Why did you give us only one region for an inheritance? We have a lot of people because the Lord has blessed us.”

¹⁵ Joshua replied, “If there are so many of you, go into the forest! Clear ground for yourselves there in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaim if the mountains of Ephraim are too confining for you.”